INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN July 2012 – June 2017 2013/14 REVIEW

THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN’S VISION & MISSION The vision and mission of the City of Cape Town is threefold: • To be an opportunity city that creates an enabling environment for economic growth and job creation • To deliver quality services to all residents • To serve the citizens of Cape Town as a well-governed and corruption-free administration The City of Cape Town pursues a multi-pronged vision to: • be a prosperous city that creates an enabling and inclusive environment for shared economic growth and development; • achieve effective and equitable service delivery; and • serve the citizens of Cape Town as a well-governed and effectively run administration. In striving to achieve this vision, the City’s mission is to: • contribute actively to the development of its environmental, human and social capital; • offer high-quality services to all who live in, do business in, or visit Cape Town as tourists; and • be known for its efficient, effective and caring government. Spearheading this resolve is a focus on infrastructure investment and maintenance to provide a sustainable drive for economic growth and development, greater economic freedom, and increased opportunities for investment and job creation. To achieve its vision, the City of Cape Town will build on the strategic focus areas it has identified as the cornerstones of a successful and thriving city, and which form the foundation of its Five-year Integrated Development Plan.

The vision is built on five key pillars:

THE OPPORTUNITY CITY Pillar 1: Ensure that Cape Town continues to grow as an opportunity city

THE SAFE CITY Pillar 2: Make Cape Town an increasingly safe city

THE CARING CITY Pillar 3: Make Cape Town even more of a caring city

THE INCLUSIVE CITY Pillar 4: Ensure that Cape Town is an inclusive city

THE WELL-RUN CITY Pillar 5: Make sure Cape Town continues to be a well-run city

These five focus areas inform all the City’s plans and policies.

Front cover: The opportunity to reblock a portion of BM section informal settlement in Khayelitsha came about as a result of a fire.

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About the Integrated Human Settlements Five-Year Strategic Plan The aim of this Integrated Human Settlements Five-Year Strategic Plan review is to offer the reader a clear view of the challenges and opportunities facing the City of Cape Town in terms of providing for the housing needs of Cape Town’s steadily growing and increasingly urbanised population.

This plan is closely aligned with, and contributes to, the City of Cape Town’s overarching Five Year Integrated Development Plan, and it has been developed with a view towards enabling the realisation of the City’s five key strategic pillars or focus areas.

Just as the Human Settlements Directorate does not operate in isolation from the rest of the City of Cape Town, this plan should be read in the context of the greater vision and objectives of the current administration. As such, it forms one component of a suite of plans, publications and reports produced by the City annually, inter alia:

Integrated Development Plan – 2013/14 Review

Budget 2012/13 – 2014/15

Integrated Human Settlements Five-Year Strategic Plan – 2013/14 Review

Integrated Transport Plan 2013

Traffic Accident Report 2013

Annual Report 2012/13

Each of these publications offers comprehensive information and data covering the components of the City’s five strategic pillars that are relevant to its readers or to the stakeholders of the directorate that produced it.

While this means that each publication can be read independently of the others, to gain a comprehensive understanding of the City’s planning, performance and budgeting structures, the suite of books should preferably be considered in its entirety.

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happy neighbourhoods inhabited by people who have the opportunities they deserve to live their best lives and achieve their full potential. Delivery on this ambitious objective requires that the City of Cape Town has a full understanding of the existing living conditions of all its people as well as clear insights into the challenges they face. In considering its approximate 30% population growth, the City needs to carefully balance its application of resources to fund bulk infrastructure provision, respond to increased densification, and better harness the full potential of underutilised land and bulk capacities. To ensure optimum access to and use of funding, increased emphasis must also be placed on building effective inter- City and inter-governmental relations and partnerships, as well as closer, more collaborative partnerships with NGOs and the private sector business. Whilst it is recognised that a magic wand cannot be waved to satiate all the needs immediately, a logical plan of action is required. The legendary physicist, Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. The City of Cape Town recognises that it cannot take the same approach to housing that has been followed in the past and expect What is needed is an to meet the changing needs of a dynamic and evolving population. What is needed is an innovative approach that innovative approach holistically addresses the city’s housing needs in a way that that holistically maximises opportunities for its people. We believe that the review of this Integrated Human addresses Cape Town’s Settlements Five-Year Strategic Plan outlines such an approach and offers a route map for the City to realise its housing needs in a vision to deliver integrated human settlements that enable meaningful lives, build community spirit and unity, and way that maximises empower all Capetonians to meet their economic and opportunities for social needs. Whist we acknowledge that the Five-Year Plan is a medium- its people. term plan, we need to look at the immediate challenges and implement programs such as a high density strategy, upgrading of informal settlements, provision of basic services to backyarders in order to restore their dignity, FOREWORD BY THE MAYORAL COMMITTEE and other immediate mechanisms to ensure that our MEMBER FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS communities live with dignity. In order for the City to achieve its vision of delivering truly integrated human settlements, rather than merely building houses, the City of Cape Town has adopted a strategic approach that recognises the importance of creating housing opportunities that fully integrate delivery of, and TANDEKA GQADA access to services, healthcare, education and employment opportunities. The ultimate goal is safe, secure and Mayoral Committee member for Human Settlements

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economic nodes and along key transport corridors, so that people do not only benefit from having homes, but also from having essential access to the employment, education, health-care and social opportunities they need to enhance their lives.

In delivering such integrated and holistic lifestyle solutions, we are acutely aware of the challenges we face, particularly those created by urbanisation, which is caused by the city’s steadily growing population and net migration into Cape Town. While these challenges serve as evidence of Cape Town’s success in positioning itself as an opportunity city, the way in which we respond to them must also demonstrate that we are indeed also a caring, safe and inclusive city – and the way we house our growing population is central to that response. Succeeding in overcoming these challenges requires an innovative and sustainable approach, and the Human Settlements Directorate has made it a top priority to incorporate precisely such an approach into its strategies and operations. Already, the positive results of this commitment are becoming increasingly evident through the delivery of a number of successful developments and initiatives. forewORD BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Of course, innovation alone will not get the City very far. HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Innovation has to be accompanied and underpinned by a The Human Settlements Directorate of the City of Cape clear commitment to working together with all of Cape Town is not in the business of building houses; it is in the Town’s many stakeholders to ensure that we all share a business of building lives and futures. Over the years, the unified vision, work towards the same goals, and enjoy the vision of the Directorate has evolved from being focused benefits of our labours. To this end, the Human Settlements primarily on providing adequate shelter for the people of Directorate recognises the immense power that exists in Cape Town, to a far more holistic and comprehensive view effective partnerships. We know that we can never achieve of the potential that truly integrated housing provision has the ambitious vision and goals that we have set for ourselves to add value to people’s lives, improve their quality of life, on our own. Our success ultimately depends on our ability and offer them opportunities to achieve their dreams and and willingness to enlist the assistance of others who share aspirations. our vision and passion for a better future for all in Cape Town. As such, we have forged many mutually beneficial Importantly, this transformed vision for the Directorate, relationships with our City of Cape Town colleagues, regional and the objectives and key performance indicators that and provincial government representatives and teams, underpin it, dovetail perfectly with the strategic pillars on private businesses, non-profit organisations and funding which the broader vision of the City of Cape Town is being agencies, and most importantly, with the communities we realised. In every way that it can, Human Settlements is are committed to serve. helping to make Cape Town an opportunity city, a safe city, a caring city, an inclusive city and a well-run city. We are confident that, with our vision as set out in this five-year plan and the commitment of all these valuable Key to this commitment is our responsibility to change partners, we will succeed in our endeavours to create lives and futures by helping the City of Cape Town in thriving and sustainable Cape Town communities, in its efforts to address the still unacceptably high levels of which all people have the homes, facilities, lifestyles and poverty found across the city. Through our dedicated focus opportunities they desire and deserve. on delivering homes and lifestyle enhancements instead of merely houses, we are contributing tangibly to the upliftment of many individuals, families and communities across Cape Town.

Importantly, this commitment to integrated human SETH MAQETUKA settlement solutions is founded on a sustainable, long-term plan, which prioritises settlement developments in growing Executive Director: Human Settlements

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VISION & MISSION OF THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DIRECTORATE

The vision of the Human Settlements Directorate is to contribute to and lead the City of Cape Town’s development of sustainable integrated human settlements by improving the overall living and built environment of communities in Cape Town, balancing quantity and quality housing opportunities, and placing a specific focus on improving the livelihood of the poor.

Defining the vision Contribute: The responsibility to achieve integrated sustainable human settlements rests with the entire City, and not just with a single directorate. Lead: The Human Settlements Directorate is the institutional entry point for co-ordinating integrated human settlements. Living and built The strategic focus is the improvement of both the living and built environment to achieve the National environment: Human Settlements Outcome 8 and related objectives, as required by both the Human Settlements Development Grant and the Urban Settlements Development Grant. Balancing While the drive to accelerate the delivery of more housing opportunities (quantity) will continue, quantity and there is an equally important drive to pursue quality-of-life objectives relating to improved human quality: settlements. These include reducing travelling time and costs from residential areas to places of economic and recreational amenities; providing community facilities in new and existing settlements; the in situ upgrade and improvement of informal settlements at scale, and ensuring and promoting medium-density housing in well-located and appropriate areas within the urban core, along transport corridors and in economic nodes. Improving the This requires a people-centred, partnership-based service delivery process that addresses the essential livelihood of the issues of safety and security, tenure restoration and protection, meaningful stakeholder relations, and poor: the effective provision and maintenance of basic services.

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The Human Settlements Management Team as at 30 June 2013. Front row, seated: Grace Blouw, Manager: Existing Settlements; Seth Maqetuka, Executive Director: Human Settlements; Wayne Muller, Director: Housing Finance and Leases Back row, standing: Goosain Abrahams, Manager: Support Services; Herman Steyn, Manager: New Settlements; Alida Kotzee, Director: Strategy, Support and Co-ordination; Surita Pentz, Manager: National Housing Programmes; Mzandile Sokupa, Manager: Informal Settlements; Jens Kuhn, Manager: Housing Land and Forward Planning; Shehaam Sims, Director: Urbanisation. (The new structure and designations will apply from 1 July 2013 onwards as reflected in Annexure 4.)

The mission of the Human Settlements Directorate is:

• To facilitate and develop sustainable integrated human settlements. • To integrate the delivery of housing opportunities with the objectives and deliverables of the rest of the City, thereby ensuring that these contribute to the creation of a compact city and optimal use of facilities. • To improve informal settlements and backyard precincts incrementally and create a better-quality living environment, rather than merely providing shelter. • To manage and maintain the City’s rental assets strategically. • To lead in the social and economic development of disadvantaged areas to ensure that quality of life and the environment are improved. • To promote and ensure meaningful partnerships with business and community-based stakeholders.

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CONTENTS

SETTING THE SCENE – THEMES FOR A REVIEWED PLAN 7

THE CURRENT REALITY – DEFINING THE NEED 11

PARTNERING FOR IMPROVEMENT 19

IMPROVING EXISTING LIVING ENVIRONMENTS 21

CREATING NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENTS 31

OTHER STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 39

DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS 45

LEGISLATION AND PLAN INTEGRATION 49

FUNDING 53

ANNEXURES 57

LIST OF abbreviations and acronyms used 72

Denotes: National Development Plan More online

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SETTING THE SCENE – THEMES FOR A REVIEWED PLAN

An example of integrated housing in Maitland, with social housing, schools, green areas, transport and business nodes as well as land for future development.

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The primary purpose of this Integrated Human Settlements Theme 1: Helping to address poverty Five-Year Strategic Plan review is to evaluate the current Poverty is a root cause of net migration to urban areas realities facing the City of Cape Town (hereinafter ‘the such as Cape Town, as families try to meet their needs. City’) in terms of urbanisation, so as to steer the City in This, in addition to natural population growth, fuels the the right direction in order to strategically and practically urbanisation problem. Poverty has to be addressed from a address the many housing challenges that such city holistic perspective of providing for lifestyle needs rather growth creates. than merely providing houses. This plan is closely aligned with, and contributes to the City’s overarching five-year Integrated Development Plan (IDP), which is built on the five core strategic pillars (or strategic focus areas) of: • an opportunity city; • a safe city; • a caring city; • an inclusive city; and • a well-run city. Recognising that housing provision has a key role to play in the success of the City’s efforts to address poverty, create employment, improve socio-economic conditions and Building houses using labour intensive construction methods by EPWP workers. create sustainable futures, this plan outlines the intention of the Human Settlements Directorate (hereinafter ‘the Coupled with this, is the individual’s need to be able to Directorate’) to improve existing and create new living provide for themselves. In this regard, the Directorate is environments that promote both economic and social involved in job creation and skills development initiatives cohesion. such as the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), Numerous other plans have been consulted and aligned where local labour is employed for human settlements with in the formulation of this strategic plan. Sources projects. Another means of self-help is provided through consulted include, but are not limited to the National the People’s Housing Process (PHP), where communities Development Plan, the City of Cape Town Integrated are encouraged to build, or organise the building of their Development Plan, the State of Cape Town Report 2010, own homes. the Spatial Development Framework, and the Urbanisation Framework Strategy. Where people find themselves in informal living environments, we have to embrace this as a reality, and This plan is reviewed annually to ensure that it considers have established improvement plans and initiatives to and responds to any significant changes in the micro and enhance the lives of the inhabitants of these settlements. macro-environments that may affect our delivery. In the same vein, persons living in the backyards of public rental housing are being assisted with the provision of THEMES FOR A REVIEWED PLAN basic services. Pertinent to the review of this plan is the inclusion of four key themes as mentioned in the Executive Director’s foreword. In this section, these themes will be introduced and unpacked, as they form key threads that run through the entire plan.

The four themes have been identified as essential to addressing the challenges facing the Directorate, the City and, according to the National Development Plan (NDP), the country as a whole.

Water metering devices form part of the backyarder service programme that aims to provide basic services to residents in public rental housing.

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Theme 2: Innovation and sustainability public housing facilities will further enhance the services Modular housing using steel containers has been offered to our customers. investigated as an alternative solution to meeting A rectification programme is currently under way to mend housing needs. The City has previously used containers as several homes that have been identified as being in need temporary housing for tenants whose rental units were REALITY

of repair as a result of initial substandard work that was THE CURRENT being upgraded. Using this type of solution for permanent carried out prior to 1994. This project is ongoing and will housing offers enhanced cost and density benefits. bring these homes to an acceptable standard. IMPROVEMENT PARTNERING FOR PARTNERING IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING

Shipping containers converted to serve as temporary accommodation The ‘green shack’ concept incorporates the creation of a garden in a while rental units are being upgraded. shack wall to minimise the risk of fires spreading across homes. CREATING CREATING NEW LIVING The reblocking of informal settlements is another solution. In March 2013, Council approved the enhancement of ENVIRONMENTS Not only does this procedure create more living space, but the emergency housing kit, which is issued to persons in it also enables the City to provide greater access to basic distress following a flood or fire disaster. The enhanced kit services, recognise tenure, guard against the spread of is more sustainable and offers greater protection against fires, and provide access for emergency vehicles in times of the elements as well as against criminal activity.

disaster. To guide this process, a draft policy on reblocking INITIATIVES

is being developed by the Directorate in 2013. The main To ensure sustainability, the Directorate needs to manage OTHER STRATEGIC purpose of the policy will be to formalise the roles and its assets strategically, particularly its public rental stock. To responsibilities of the various role players when an informal ensure that these assets serve our residents well into the settlement has been identified for reblocking. future, we need to maintain them. As part of this process, the Directorate continues to conduct major upgrades In future, more community residential units (CRUs) are to

to rental units. In addition, we have embarked on a FUNCTIONS be built, as these offer accommodation for more residents DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND in support of the City’s densification initiatives. These rental modernisation exercise and will continue to improve the units are multistorey, and therefore utilise less land while way in which we manage our public housing. maximising utilisation of available services and infrastructure. A further initiative currently under investigation is the so- Further innovative projects include mixed-used developments called ‘green shack’ concept. This is a temporary housing

solution that incorporates the creation of a garden in a shack AND PLAN

like Scottsdene, Pelican Park and Happy Valley, which offer LEGISLATION INTEGRATION various categories of housing opportunities. This enables wall, and potentially also on the roof of the structure, in an people in different income categories to be accommodated attempt to minimise the risk of fires spreading across homes. in the same project, which in turn leads to the development Theme 3: Partnerships of truly integrated communities. Recognising that it cannot achieve its vision alone, the

The Directorate strives to provide a more customer-focused Directorate has established several partnerships and FUNDING approach to ensure that we address the needs of all continues to seek opportunities to foster more such Capetonians. To this end, the establishment of a Human relationships and collaborations that will enhance and Settlements call centre along with the modernisation of improve its services to the community. ANNEXURES

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Theme 4: Progress on the Directorate turnaround strategy In our efforts to transform our vision from housing delivery to integrated human settlements, we undertook a comprehensive Directorate turnaround strategy. This strategy is advancing well, and the City’s anticipated Level 3 accreditation will enhance the realisation of our vision of becoming a fully-fledged facilitator and implementer of human settlements.

The Human Settlements Directorate has established several partnerships with organisations to improve services to communities.

In addition to several social and gap housing partnerships, we work closely with the Informal Settlements Network (ISN) and the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC). These organisations provide expertise and assist in funding or sponsoring the reblocking of informal settlements.

Intergovernmental relations are vital, as the various spheres of government have to work together to realise the vision of Rental, gap and RDP units provided on infill sites in Scottsdene. a Cape Town in which all are cared for and able to prosper.

Internal relationships are equally important, and the A land development matrix is also being developed, which Directorate relies on the City’s various service departments lists all the informal settlements in the city. This will be a to contribute both directly and indirectly to the success of valuable aid in identifying those settlements in need of its endeavours. alternate land, either for de-densification or relocation (if the current site is not suitable for the settlement). Moreover, community-based partnerships are constantly Appropriate alternate land will then be listed against the being established, and are particularly important in the identified land needs of informal settlements, making the establishment of the envisaged multistorey rental units. matrix an invaluable planning tool, particularly when used The community-based committees that emerge from in conjunction with live corporate geographic information these partnerships help the City in managing local living system (GIS) data sets. environments and ensuring that lease conditions are met by all tenants. As part of the turnaround strategy, the Directorate will participate in developments along the city’s long-term growth corridors such as the West Coast and the Darwin Road corridors respectively. It also recognises Voortrekker Road corridor as an urban renewal corridor. In so doing, we will be able to enhance and capitalise on existing infrastructure.

Various funding instruments are being applied in order to ensure delivery on the turnaround strategy. These include the full range of existing national housing programmes, together with national grant funding such as the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG), Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG) and the City’s own funds.

Social housing units provided with solar units and safe play areas.

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THE CURRENT REALITY – DEFINING THE NEED

Urbanisation – a growing Cape Town 12 Existing data and projections for Cape Town 13 Implications of existing data and trends 16 A closer look at Cape Town’s population numbers and trends 16 The challenge of providing services to all 17

Institutional housing donor partner funding was used to develop Amakhaya Ngoku in Masiphumelele.

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The National Development Plan (NDP) states that despite • Housing and land policies that accommodate diverse South Africa having a reasonably balanced spatial structure, household types and circumstances. it has dysfunctional and inequitable settlement patterns. • Municipalities that put economic development and jobs The highly fragmented towns and cities tend to increase at the heart of what they do and how they function. costs to households and the economy. Most people in South Africa reside in the country’s towns Urbanisation – a growing Cape Town and cities, with 85% of economic activity generated in urban Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) defines urbanisation as an areas. This means that emphasis must be placed on location- increase in the urban population due to natural growth and specific approaches, as each area presents distinct challenges net migration into a particular area. and opportunities, which render a one-size-fits-all approach inappropriate. Many of the challenges do not result because Urbanisation is inevitable. Therefore, the City of Cape Town has developed an Urbanisation Framework Strategy of a void in policy, but are rather due to a lack of institutional to inform a broader, more comprehensive approach to capacity or strong mechanisms for implementation. urbanisation, with individual components intended to Although South Africa has a slower urbanisation rate than contribute to implementation. This approach should lead the rest of Africa, it is predicted that the country will have to an integrated, holistic, people-centred and sustainable an additional 7,8 million people living in cities by 2030, human settlements development solution. and a further six million by 2050. This will place significant The response has to be proactive and sustainable, and further strain on municipal service delivery, which will both capacity and capability will need to be developed undoubtedly be exacerbated by the fact that the majority within the City to address the challenges and opportunities of these new urban residents will be poor. that urbanisation presents. Creative and innovative ways National Government plans to reshape human settlements of addressing challenges need to be explored, which will include learning through doing. by 2050. To do so, however, the following will be required: • Effective ways of addressing inequities in the land If properly managed, urbanisation could offer opportunities for growth, social inclusion and the building of sustainable market that make it difficult for the poor to access the communities and human settlements. Therefore, the impact of benefits of town and city life. urbanisation needs to be comprehensively and co-operatively • Stronger measures to reconfigure towns and cities planned for at all levels, including the city and regional level, towards more efficient and equitable urban forms. other spheres of government, business and communities.

Residents in Siqalo informal settlement on Vanguard Drive displaying their entrepreneurial skills.

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The City will have to provide universal access to essential In 2000 and 2005, the City commissioned projections services, even to the poorest citizens who do not have a of the Cape Town population to assist with its planning regular income, through the redistribution of finances. processes. These studies were undertaken by Prof Rob Apart from universal access to services, this will also Dorrington from the University of Cape Town.

facilitate access to other opportunities, such as well-located Factors taken into account in determining the projected REALITY

serviced land, amenities and jobs. population included birth rate, death rate, migration and THE CURRENT Cape Town’s current development trajectory is HIV/Aids incidence. As migration was the most uncertain unsustainable due to resource constraints. Therefore, we variable, three options were calculated based on high, need to adapt in order to build sustainable communities. medium and low migration rates. The 2000 projection was based on the 1996 Census, while the 2005 update Existing data and projections for Cape Town was based on the 2001 Census,4 with projections of the IMPROVEMENT

Determining accurate population statistics and future population up to 2021.The Census 2011 population figure FOR PARTNERING population growth trajectories remains a challenge. As is broadly in line with the ‘medium migration’ projection Table 1.1 shows, Stats SA data indicate that the population for 2011, based on the 2000 projections (projected figure of Cape Town grew from 2,6 million to 3,5 million between of 3 820 847 vs. 2011 Census figure of 3 740 026). Based 1996 and 2007. In 2011, the total population of Cape Town, on the information currently available, the population increased to approximately 3,7 million. projection done in 2000 provides the best estimate of Cape IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS Table 1.1: Population of Cape Town 1996 – 20111 Town’s population growth up to 2031. The projections will EXISTING LIVING however need to be reviewed in light of the 2011 Census Year Population of Number of data that recently became available. Cape Town households 1996 2 563 000 653 000 The figures in Table 1.2 on the following page are taken from 2001 2 893 000 759 000 the 2000 Dorrington Report and compare projections of CREATING CREATING the Cape Town population based on high, medium and low NEW LIVING 2007 3 497 000 902 000 ENVIRONMENTS assumptions of the input variables fertility, mortality, migration 2011 3 740 000 1 069 000 and both the prevalence patterns and future spread of Note: Numbers rounded off to nearest 1 000. HIV/Aids. It is important to note that Cape Town’s population growth It is interesting to note that the total Cape Town population

rate has been relatively stable, and is in fact currently lower is expected to grow by almost 60% over the 35-year INITIATIVES 2 than it was in the period 1946 to 1970. The average projection period 1996 to 2031. The medium projection OTHER STRATEGIC estimated population growth during the period 2001 to appears in bold as the most likely population estimates for 2011 was 2,93% per annum.3 Cape Town for the period 2011 to 2031. FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING

The reality of a flooded informal settlement.

1 Stats SA Census 1996, Census 2001, Community Survey 2007, Census 2011. 2 South African Cities Network (2004) State of Cities 2004 Johannesburg SACN. 3 Ibid. ANNEXURES 4 Updated projections based on the 2011 Census are not currently available.

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Table 1.2: Medium/low projections: Cape Town population5

2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031

HIGH 3 186 938 3 646 156 4 008 402 4 292 446 4 538 385 4 769 669 4 976 987

MEDIUM 3 154 238 3 547 055 3 820 847 3 997 718 4 119 504 4 208 444 4 255 857

LOW 3 121 532 3 447 946 3 633 286 3 702 990 3 700 595 3 647 071 3 534 371

As is evident from Table 1.2, the 2000 medium migration projections suggest that Cape Town’s population will increase to 4,26 million in 2031. Table 1.3: Projected population based on medium growth rates by population group6

Population group 2016 2021 2026 2031

Asian Number 75 546 82 334 88 383 93 541

% 1,89% 2,00% 2,10% 2,20%

Black Number 1 496 267 1 581 397 1 653 399 1 703 802

% 37,43% 38,39% 39,29% 40,03%

Coloured Number 1 697 148 1 711 661 1 712 078 1 698 536

% 42,45% 41,55% 40,68% 39,91%

White Number 728 756 744 113 754 584 759 977

% 18,23% 18,06% 17,93% 17,86%

Total Number 3 997 718 4 119 504 4 208 444 4 255 857

% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Future growth needs to be understood in the context of existing urban conditions in Cape Town. Based on Census 2011 figures,7 an estimated 20,5% of households live in informal dwellings, 7,0% in informal backyard structures, and 13,5% in informal settlements. Altogether 8,4% of households lack access to adequate sanitation. In 2011, 99,3% of all households had access to piped water, with 75,0% having piped water in their dwellings, 12,3% in their yards, and 12,0% using taps outside their yard. The City of Cape Town estimates the housing backlog in Cape Town at 350 000 households, although an analysis of the Census 20118 figures for Cape Town shows a total housing backlog of about 264 800 households (143 823 in informal settlements, 74 958 in backyard shacks and 46 014 in overcrowded formal housing).

5 Dorrington, RE (2000) Projection of the Population of the Cape Metropolitan Area 1996–2031. 6 Dorrington, RE (2000) Projection of the Population of the Cape Metropolitan Area 1996–2031. 7 Stats SA Census 2011. 8 Ibid.

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While it is vital to verify and reconcile this discrepancy, part of it can be ascribed to the different methodologies used. For example, in 2007, the Community Survey estimated that 84 000 households lived in informal settlements in Cape Town, whereas a physical counting of shacks in informal settlements from aerial photographs put this number at 109 000.

Table 1.4: Cape Town household income 20119 REALITY

Black African Coloured Asian White Other Total THE CURRENT

30%

25%

20% IMPROVEMENT PARTNERING FOR PARTNERING

15%

10% IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS 5% EXISTING LIVING

0% No R1 R1 601 R3 201 R6 401 R12 801 R25 601 R51 201 R102 401 income to to to to to to to or R1 600 R3 200 R6 400 R12 800 R25 600 R51 200 R102 400 more CREATING CREATING

Black NEW LIVING Monthly household income African Coloured Asian White Other Total ENVIRONMENTS

No income 19,2% 10,4% 10,8% 8,4% 14,5% 13,7% R1 to R1 600 27,2% 14,8% 6,8% 3,2% 15,2% 17,3% R1 601 to R3 200 23,0% 15,6% 6,8% 3,7% 16,9% 16,0% R3 201 to R6 400 14,5% 18,5% 10,2% 8,1% 16,2% 14,5% INITIATIVES

R6 401 to R12 800 8,0% 17,4% 15,1% 15,9% 13,1% 13,0% OTHER STRATEGIC R12 801 to R25 600 4,6% 13,4% 20,0% 22,9% 11,3% 11,8% R25 601 to R51 200 2,4% 7,4% 18,0% 22,2% 8,0% 8,7% R51 201 to R102 400 0,7% 1,9% 8,7% 11,2% 3,2% 3,6% R102 401 or more 0,4% 0,6% 3,7% 4,4% 1,5% 1,4% FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE

Unspecified 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% STRUCTURE AND Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Considering that the existing backlogs and dysfunctions have a broad spectrum of socio-economic groups. Between not been adequately resolved, and that future projections 1997 and 2007, the bulk of in-migration was attributed to

permanent/circular migration of people from rural areas, AND PLAN are based on estimated population growth trajectories, it LEGISLATION INTEGRATION is difficult to make informed decisions about urbanisation in particular the Eastern Cape. It is estimated that 163 000 management. The challenge of divergent data sets is people migrated from the Eastern Cape to Cape Town further exacerbated by poor understanding of the nature during this period. During the same period, significant of demographic growth and change in Cape Town and the in-migration of mainly skilled workers occurred from other surrounding municipal areas. In other words, the socio- urban areas in South Africa, particularly Gauteng, from

which some 68 000 people migrated to Cape Town. Finally, FUNDING economic profile of the future Cape Town population is people with a range of skills levels migrated to the city from unknown, as is the impact of future demographic growth. elsewhere in the world, in particular from the rest of Africa. What is certain, however, is that new household formation Indications are that 33 000 people migrated from outside from natural growth and in-migration will occur across South Africa to Cape Town over this period.10

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Implications of existing data and trends needs to rely on updated estimates based on currently known and available data. Without an in-depth understanding of the Reliable projections that provide in-depth information likely nature of the future population of Cape Town, service regarding the nature and structure of the future population delivery models cannot be appropriately adjusted to cope with of Cape Town are a priority. More accurate growth-related future growth and change. data and demographic change scenarios will provide a better picture of the future of Cape Town, and will constitute the An internal costing study revealed that the upgrade of all departure point for informed decision-making about an existing informal settlements, which comprise 191 590 appropriate urbanisation strategy. Some of the 2011 Census households, would cost R19 billion. data were released late in 2012, and where the relevant data This cost is based on 1:1 services requiring a total of are available, these have been included in the figures and 1 828 ha of land, as well as bulk and internal services, and tables in this section. For some of the information, the City still excludes top structures, amenities and operating costs.

Masiphumelele informal settlement overflows onto project land.

A closer look at Cape Town’s population Table 1.5: Population of Cape Town11 numbers and trends Population of Number of According to Stats SA’s 2011 Census data, the population Year Cape Town households of Cape Town has grown by 29,3% over the past ten years, 2001 2 893 000 759 000 which translates to an average annual growth of around 2011 3 740 026 1 068 572 3%. This is placing continued and increasing strain on City resources and infrastructure. Note: 2001 figures rounded off to nearest 1 000.

Table 1.6: Growth in population and households based on population group

Population growth Household growth 2001 2011 2001 2011 Asian Number 41 516 51 786 Number 10 065 14 267 % 1,4% 1,4% % 1,3% 1,3% Black Number 916 584 1 444 939 Number 251 125 444 781 % 31,7% 38,6% % 32,3% 41,6% Coloured Number 1 392 594 1 585 286 Number 310 465 358 629 % 48,1% 42,4% % 39,9% 33,6% White Number 542 555 585 831 Number 754 584 759 977 % 18,8% 15,7% % 17,93% 17,86% Other Number 0 72 184 Number 0 18 069 % 0 1,9% % 0 1,7% Total Number 2 893 249 3 740 026 Number 777 389 1 068 572 % 100% 100% % 100% 100%

Based on the 10-year average annual growth between 2001 and 2011, the total Cape Town population is expected to grow by a further one million people by 2021, and by another one million by 2030, when the total Cape Town population will be an estimated 5,8 million.

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Table 1.7: Breakdown of average household income in Cape Town in 2011

Cape Town annual Cape Town monthly Black household income household income African Coloured Asian White Other Total

No income No income 85 427 37 399 1 542 19 522 2 627 146 517 REALITY R1 – R4 800 R1 – R400 23 039 5 051 91 877 315 29 373 THE CURRENT R4 801 – R9 600 R401 – R800 30 652 9 643 161 1 267 695 42 418 R9 601 – R19 200 R8 011 – R1 600 67 109 38 410 713 5 301 1 744 113 277 R19 201 – R38 400 R1 601 – R3 200 102 325 55 849 966 8 633 3 051 170 824 R38 401 – R76 800 R3 201 – R6 400 64 708 66 488 1 459 18 853 2 919 154 427 IMPROVEMENT R76 801 – R153 600 R6 401 – R12 800 35 420 62 286 2 149 37 117 2 376 139 348 FOR PARTNERING R153 601 – R307 200 R12 801 – R25 600 20 520 47 952 2 852 53 255 2 046 126 625 R307 201 – R614 400 R25 601 – R51 200 10 835 26 390 2 564 51 619 1 452 92 860 R614 401 – R1 228 800 R51 201 – R102 400 3 122 6 889 1 240 26 190 577 38 018

R1 228 801 – R2 457 600 R102 401 – R204 800 970 1 425 336 6 851 166 9 748 IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING R2 457 601 or more R204 801 or more 645 832 187 3 300 102 5 066 Unspecified Unspecified 9 15 6 41 2 73 Total Total 444 781 358 629 14 266 232 826 18 072 1 068 574 CREATING CREATING

Altogether 94,5% of the population is under the age of provision via one tap per 25 families within a distance of NEW LIVING

65 years, 69,7% is between 15 and 64 years, and 5,5% is 200 m, and sanitation services comprising a minimum of one ENVIRONMENTS

older than 64 years. Some 24% of the city’s working-age toilet per five families, as well as weekly refuse removal. In population is unemployed, while 60,8% of households addition, the City has recognised the importance of effective have an income of less than R12 800. Only 46% of Cape greywater disposal and stormwater runoffs as part of raising Town residents aged 20 years and older have completed informal settlement communities’ standards of living.

Grade 12 or higher. INITIATIVES Where these minimum service levels cannot be achieved The challenge of providing services to all due to encumbrances that are beyond the City’s control OTHER STRATEGIC (such as waterlogged or privately owned land, or From a services perspective, the 2011 Census results settlements that are too densely populated to allow service showed that 87% of Cape Town households have access access), these informal settlements must be reconfigured to piped water, either inside their dwelling or in their yard, through reblocking or other de-densification initiatives. while 88% of households have access to a flush toilet FUNCTIONS To achieve these objectives, it is imperative that each DIRECTORATE

connected to the public sewer system. A total of 94% of STRUCTURE AND the city’s households use electricity for their lighting needs informal settlement has an underlying Upgrading of in their dwellings, and 94% of households have their refuse Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) upgrade layout, removed at least once a week. which will inform and ultimately drive tenure and sustainable formal development, while ensuring access According to other surveys undertaken by the City of Cape to education, health, business development, sport and

Town, this growing population requires the City to give AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION recreation, and policing. INTEGRATION priority attention to how it deals with crime, addresses poverty and creates employment for Cape Town’s people – Backyarders all of which demands a highly integrated approach. Cape Town citizens residing in informal structures on City The provision of services to all Capetonians is also a top rental properties must be provided with access to the same priority for the City and the Human Settlements Directorate, services as those afforded to residents of informal settlements. in partnership with other City directorates and business units. FUNDING New housing opportunities Informal settlements ‘Site and service’ (UISP) or Integrated Residential Some 20.5% of Cape Town’s population currently lives in Development Programme (IRDP) opportunities must be informal housing. The City is committed to providing and made available and accessible, to enable those citizens who maintaining services to informal settlement areas in line have the means to construct their own informal, modular

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Densification view and approach. These key challenges include, but are Any brick-and-mortar structures provided by the City must not limited to: be of a densified nature, with at least a double-storey • the availability of, and access to, suitable and well- construction. Greater efficiencies also need to be achieved in located land for integrated human settlements; dealing with vacant land inside the urban edge. This must be used to its maximum potential through infill initiatives, the • hostile and volatile environments that pose a risk to release of unused land belonging to other state departments, development implementation and staff safety; and mixed-use retail and residential development along key • insufficient human and financial resources; development nodes and transport corridors. Where such • a shortage of professional skills; and urban edge development cannot immediately be undertaken, the land needs to be banked for future use. • collaborative planning to align housing provision with city growth options, bulk services and transport. As a primary provider of rental housing for the people of Cape Town, the administration faces additional challenges specific to this role, including: • a shortage of trained and skilled staff; • limited budget for the recruitment of rental unit maintenance staff; • insufficient budget for required repairs and maintenance; • unlawful occupation of rental units; • sub-letting by tenants, often accompanied by exorbitant

Multi-storey units supporting densification in the Steenberg social rentals; housing project. • a significant increase in backyard structures, the residents of which require essential basic municipal Public-private partnerships services; and These will play an increasingly vital role in the realisation of the City’s human settlements objectives. Private investment • unacceptably high levels of payment default by tenants and development must be encouraged through ready of City-owned properties. access to information on City growth paths, zoning and With due regard to these challenges, this strategic plan infrastructure upgrades or developments. is intended to inform the Directorate’s actions in creating housing opportunities for all citizens of Cape Town Greening through an approach centred on enhancing existing living All new construction undertakings and upgrades or environments, establishing new housing opportunities, and redevelopments must take place within an overarching effectively addressing the challenges of urbanisation. environmental sustainability framework, designed to provide as far as possible, for the preservation of fauna and flora, the protection of waterways, effective energy and water savings, and the promotion of air quality.

Other challenges The human settlements environment is faced with numerous other challenges, some of which can be met in the short-term, but many of which require a longer-term

A community crèche in an informal settlement.

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Rental housing partnerships 20 Social housing partnerships 20 Informal settlements partnerships 20

A social housing project in Steenberg.

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Meeting the increasing housing challenges of a rapidly The City facilitates this form of delivery by either making growing city like Cape Town cannot be achieved by an available capital subsidies or re-leasing land, often at a administration that operates in isolation. As such, the City discount. The City recently sold land to Communicare and the Human Settlements Directorate recognises the and leased land to the Cape Town Community Housing importance of close collaboration and partnerships with Company, both in respect of social housing projects. all stakeholders, including other City directorates and For this kind of higher-density housing, spatial planners departments; regional, provincial and national government choose sites from the designated restructuring zones, which bodies; the broader public sector; the private business are then approved by Council. These sites are investigated, sector, and the communities and citizens of Cape Town as they could be instrumental in the restructuring and themselves. A few of these partnerships are briefly integration of the city. A key focus area in the coming years outlined below: will be the Voortrekker Road, or metro-urban, corridor. Rental housing partnerships The partnerships endeavour to improve the circumstances Developing and maintaining good working relationships of residents of informal settlements and backyard precincts. between its tenants, community leaders, politicians and staff is a priority for the City. This not only ensures that the Informal settlements partnerships City is kept abreast of issues requiring urgent attention, but The City has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with also enables a shared sense of ownership and responsibility the Informal Settlements Network (ISN) and Community among all stakeholders. Organisations Resource Centre (CORC) that specifically assists with interaction with communities; in recognising A process has been implemented with a view to issues affecting the community; in mobilising them, causing establishing and capacitating flat and street committees enumeration and mapping of structures; profiling the within City-owned housing estates. The intention is to community and designing of reblocking and UISP projects. encourage a sense of ownership in tenants, and empower them to take greater responsibility for addressing issues The partnerships endeavour to improve the circumstances affecting their living environments and for the maintenance of residents of informal settlements and backyard precincts. of their properties. By engaging with ward councillors and other politicians, a better connection has been established with communities, through which the dual responsibility for rental housing maintenance and management has been highlighted.

Social housing partnerships Social housing has a distinct meaning in South Africa’s housing policy, namely housing that: • utilises the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) capital top-up funding; • is built and/or operated by a social housing landlord; and The City has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Informal • exclusively consists of rental accommodation for low- Settlements Network (ISN) to assist with community interaction. income families. The National Government Outcome 8 target for Cape Town in respect of social housing is 2 000 units over five years. To facilitate that delivery, three social housing companies are already signed up as partners by way of a generic partnership agreement. The intention is to enter into more partnership agreements in the future. Specific project-level and financing contracts are signed per project. Several new projects are being planned, including the next phase of Steenberg, Bothasig and Elsies River, as well as additional projects as indicated on the social housing pipeline projects list.

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Managing the City’s public housing 22 Providing basic services to backyard dwellers 25 Servicing and upgrading informal settlements 26 Temporary relocation and incremental development areas 28 Enhanced emergency housing kit 29

The installation of electricity services for backyarders.

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Residents of Cape Town are housed either formally or these dwellings through 38 decentralised housing estate informally. They either rent or own property, and some offices, five sales offices and 13 maintenance depots. provide fully for themselves, while others are assisted by In recent years, the tenancy management function has the state in various manners. The City either provides proved to be a considerable challenge for the City. This housing units for rent, or delivers incremental services to situation has arisen due to factors such as political changes, informally housed residents living in informal settlements or in the backyards of City rental units (‘backyarders’). legislation, loss of skilled personnel, and the fact that many housing estates have become too dangerous for staff to While urbanisation is slowing down in most developed conduct business on-site. countries, it continues unabated across most regions in Africa, South America and Asia, bringing with it numerous Much of the rental stock is also old, and requires extensive challenges for the cities in which it occurs. As the largest repairs and ongoing maintenance to prevent further city in the Western Cape, Cape Town is also the second- deterioration. The CRU programme has been implemented fastest growing city in all of South Africa. This growth to allow the City to undertake a comprehensive review of has a massive impact on the socio-economic, cultural and its rental stock and initiate a comprehensive, major upgrade environmental structures of the city and region, and will programme. The first phase of the CRU programme will continue to shape the future sustainability of both well into continue until 2015. the future. Besides the CRU programme, the City also has a housing Put another way, what we do today in response to the repair and maintenance service, which is committed to challenges of urbanisation will influence the quality of good-quality and timeous repair services according to life for all Cape Town’s people in the future. Historically, clearly agreed standards and costs, to ensure that City the approaches followed in an attempt to meet these housing assets are protected. challenges have proved that engineering solutions alone In terms of its rental stock, the City is committed to cannot effectively address urbanisation. Rather, there is an achieving a sustainable balance between its own obligations urgent need to approach urban planning and development and those of its clients to effectively manage and maintain differently from the way we have done traditionally, so public housing stock. To realise this vision, the Directorate that we can deliver sustainable human settlements that has embarked on a modernisation project aimed at: incorporate access to essential services, health care, education, recreation and employment. • improving service delivery; In turn, such an integrated approach will serve to attract • developing a performance framework; local and foreign investment in the long-term, creating a • designing a structure to deliver on its mandate; virtuous circle of development and investment that will • streamlining business processes; sustain and underpin the realisation of a vision in which all Capetonians are afforded the opportunity to live the lives • assessing and recommending improvements to current they desire and achieve their aspirations. information systems and technology capabilities; and All spheres of government also need to recognise from the • upgrading housing estate offices and depots. outset that this is not a challenge that can be addressed by an individual department or directorate. What is needed is a strong collaborative approach, both between local, provincial and national government departments and between the public and private sector. In its quest to provide sustainable human settlements, the City must first have a clear view of the current state of affairs, particularly the current population growth rate. Then, it must have the will and means to attract investment, grow entrepreneurs, and respond to the challenges of a growing citizenry through practical and actionable models for city regeneration, development and sustainability. Managing the City’s public housing The City owns 43 500 rental units, 21 000 homeownership dwellings, 11 000 hostel beds and 11 old-age complexes. It provides services to families and individuals residing in

The upgrade of rental units in Ottery.

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The exterior upgrade of multi-storey flats in Hanover Park. CREATING CREATING As an effective way of helping the City with its NEW LIVING Improving customer service ENVIRONMENTS commitment to addressing poverty levels in Cape Town, all The City manages its obligations to its tenants through tenants living in the City’s public housing with a combined a number of housing estate offices and depots. As part monthly household income of less than R3 000 (R3 200 of its commitment to enhanced service, the City intends proposed as of 1 July 2013) may qualify for an indigent redesigning these offices, both functionally and physically, grant. Relief and assistance is provided through a reduction to become more customer-centred. To this end, the offices INITIATIVES of rental instalments and a possible write-off of arrears. will have clear signage, friendly staff, and robust and up-to- OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC This respite is given for a period of 12 months, and is date systems that include profiles of all tenants to ensure reviewed annually. world-class customer experiences.

The past six years have seen significant developments As part of this vision, a pamphlet has already been and achievements in terms of improving service delivery developed and distributed to educate tenants on the conditions of their lease agreements, City rental housing to rental housing tenants in the city. The realignment and FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE streamlining of service offices allowed for increased staffing policies and procedures, and general tenancy matters. STRUCTURE AND Relevant Directorate staff members are also undergoing and improved service levels. refresher training to ensure that they keep abreast of A rental audit was completed early in 2013 to determine changes in legislation and policies, and understand the the occupancy status of rental units, undertake an income importance of customer service excellence. survey, and assess the existence of structures, both formal AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION and informal, on rental property. The verification of the Committed to effective maintenance INTEGRATION survey data is currently under way and, once completed, A major challenge for the City is that its ageing rental stock will assist the City to ensure that, going forward: requires extensive upgrades and maintenance. A clear directional plan is needed, as the current maintenance • each of its rental units has a legal tenant with a signed budget is not sufficient to meet the growing requirements. lease agreement; To this end, terms of reference are being prepared for the FUNDING • units are occupied by tenants with qualifying household appointment of an external service provider to undertake an incomes of up to R7 000 per month; assessment of the structural condition of the public housing stock, and to assist in the drafting of a maintenance plan. • unlawful occupancy is addressed; and In addition, the City also undertakes routine maintenance • basic services are provided to backyarder residents as of rental units. This is mainly done in response to requests part of the next phase of the backyarder programme. received from tenants. As the available budget to deal ANNEXURES

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Precast structures containing a flush toilet, a tap and wash trough for use by families living in backyards of Council rental stock.

The upgrade programme is not only aimed at improving the rental units, but also at enhancing the surrounding living environment of tenants.

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with these requests is insufficient, so is the City’s ability Providing basic services to backyard dwellers to maintain its rental units to a satisfactory standard. A Backyarders are often relatives of the tenant or owner of maintenance plan is currently being devised in order to the main property who, as a result of overcrowding in the obtain a better idea of the extent of the additional funding main housing unit, set up home in the ‘unused’ communal

requirement to address the maintenance need. REALITY spaces, yards or forecourts of the property. THE CURRENT Major upgrades of existing rental stock Many backyarders are employed and earn between R3 500 and The City’s ageing rental stock is undergoing major interior R15 000 per month. This means that, while they do not qualify and exterior refurbishment, and the management process is for state assistance, they are also typically not in a position to being reviewed. The City is also embarking on the provision apply for a formal bond from private financial institutions. of additional rental units. Backyard structures range from unsound wood-and-iron IMPROVEMENT The CRU programme, which is aimed at delivering major constructions to vibracrete and brick-and-mortar structures. FOR PARTNERING maintenance upgrades of the City’s rental units, is well on The inhabitants of these structures pay their ‘landlords’ for track to be completed in 2015. the space, and are often open to unfair rental practices and exploitation. The first phase is well underway, and the total cost of the project exceeds R1,4 billion. In line with the Directorate’s The City has undertaken a desktop exercise, which revealed

commitment to provide integrated settlements, this that approximately 41 500 backyard structures are currently IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS programme is not only aimed at improving the rental units attached to City rental stock, and 34 000 to privately EXISTING LIVING themselves, but also at enhancing the living environments owned houses. of tenants through landscaping initiatives, including Cape Town citizens residing in backyard structures currently hard surfacing, tree planting and the installation of play have access to varying levels of service, ranging from no equipment and benches. services at all to full access. Often, the level of service CREATING CREATING access depends on the relationship that these tenants NEW LIVING

The project won the Institute of Municipal Engineering of ENVIRONMENTS Southern Africa (IMESA)/Consulting Engineers South Africa have with their landlords. Most of the time, electricity is

(CESA) excellence awards in the community upliftment accessed via an illegal cable from the main house, while category in 2012. In the same year, it was nominated for water is normally sourced from outside taps, or conveyed the Govan Mbeki best rental stock project, as well as for and stored in buckets or other containers. Refuse disposal the CESA engineering excellence award. is achieved via plastic shopping bags that are added to the

single refuse bin serving the main house. INITIATIVES

Transformation and management of hostels Sanitation typically comprises a bucket system, and night OTHER STRATEGIC Hostels refer to dormitories that were initially built for male soil is flushed down the toilet in the main building or directly migrant workers. The management and maintenance of into midblock sewer manholes. Sometimes, this human the City’s hostels remain a huge challenge. Overcrowding waste is discarded directly into gullies that are ordinarily is one of the biggest problems as, often, up to three or used for greywater disposal, or into stormwater drains, or FUNCTIONS

four families can be found living in one room. This places even bagged and discarded in refuse bins. This is extremely DIRECTORATE enormous pressure on ablution facilities, which are in a unhygienic and highlights the urgent need for the provision STRUCTURE AND constant state of disrepair. Occupants have also spilled over of appropriate sanitation (and other) services to backyarders. into masses of informal shelters surrounding the original In February 2012, a service provider was appointed to hostel buildings. As a result, many of these buildings are in manage the installation and provision of basic services state of disrepair. intended for households living in the backyards of City- AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION The conversion of these units into two-bedroomed owned rental stock. Services include the provision and INTEGRATION apartments for each of the original bed card holders or maintenance of water, sanitation, electricity, and a 240 ℓ their families is long overdue. However, due to the sheer refuse bin. This will be provided in the form of a precast scale of the programme and limited funding, it is estimated structure containing a flush toilet, a tap with a washing that the transformation of all hostels in Nyanga, Gugulethu trough attached to it, electricity connections for up to three and Langa will continue for the next 15 years, and will structures, and a refuse bin per backyard. In the course of FUNDING require significant land located outside the hostel areas to the future roll-out of this project, the lessons learnt will be accommodate the larger building footprint that is required. documented, analysed and applied. Both the survey and ANNEXURES

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Shared services are being provided to residents in informal settlements.

the implementation phase will be documented and used These settlements vary significantly in size and to inform an overall future backyarder strategy for the City. topographical condition, and many are on private or state- Three pilot projects in Factreton, Langa and Hanover Park owned property. Generally, informal settlements develop have been identified for the implementation of this package into a haphazard arrangement of dwellings and informal of services for backyarders. The Factreton project has been structures of varying construction types and materials – successfully implemented, and the other two are currently some less sound than others. under way. The results of these pilot projects will be used to A survey conducted by the City’s Solid Waste Department inform future roll-outs of services to backyarders across the city. in 2011 put the number of households occupying informal In order to prevent the same challenges from arising in the settlements in Cape Town at 193 950. future, the City has put in place an authorisation procedure for the erection of backyard structures in Cape Town. This In recent years, the City has committed itself to an will allow a measure of control in order to manage density equitable approach to providing essential services of the and prevent the placement of structures on servitudes and highest possible standard to residents of all informal areas of high flood risk. settlements in Cape Town. To this end, a consolidated The City intends to provide basic services to all residents database was established in 2006 that listed the (then) living in the backyards of non-saleable City-owned rental 223 informal settlements in Cape Town, and recorded the stock. In this regard, a plan has been developed to finalise levels of service provided to each. The aim of this database the pilot phase of the programme and to implement the was to prioritise service delivery to informal settlements. remainder of the programme up to completion. Between 2006 and 2011, this prioritisation of services saw the City provide infrastructure and services in line with, and Servicing and upgrading informal settlements often in excess of national service provision guidelines. Informal settlements are defined either as areas where a group of housing units has been constructed on land to The City’s Framework for Informal Settlement Upgrading which the occupants have no legal claim or which they Master Plan was adopted by Council in May 2007, and occupy illegally, or as unplanned settlements and areas outlines the process by which the City services, integrates where housing is not compliant with current planning and and incrementally upgrades informal settlements within its building regulations (unauthorised housing). area of jurisdiction.

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The framework focuses on, and is built around: Due to the conditions in certain informal settlements, such as Kanana, Barcelona and Europe, the conventional services • the constitutional rights of people; cannot be installed, and therefore innovative and alternative • the provision of essential services to settlements not long-term development options also need to be explored. receiving the minimum basic level of service; REALITY

• incremental upgrades (short-, medium- and long-term); Incremental upgrade of informal settlements THE CURRENT • the upgrade of informal settlements within a co-ordinated The latest version of the informal settlements database and multisector institutional environment; indicates that there are 204 informal settlements in Cape Town. Most of these have now been surveyed and • the management of informal settlements; numbered for the purpose of prioritising service delivery • the prevention of unlawful land invasion; and upgrade initiatives.

As part of its Vision 2040 undertaking, the City plans to IMPROVEMENT • the provision of capital and operating funding for all of FOR PARTNERING the above; and map all informal settlements within a clearly defined matrix that links each of them to available land parcels that might • the implementation of relevant communication be utilised for the purpose of upgrading and de-densifying programmes. settlements and enhancing service delivery. Basic services to informal settlement dwellers Vision 2040 aims to achieve the total consolidation and transformation of informal settlements into integrated IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS In delivering essential services to Cape Town’s informal EXISTING LIVING human settlements with secure tenure, supported by social settlements, the City faces a number of challenges, and economic amenities that ensure self-sufficiency. The including theft of infrastructure, vandalism, intimidation vision is informed by a number of City strategies, including of City employees, and illegal connections. Ongoing the following: service provision is also impeded by a lack of human and • Strategy 2016 – The strategic intent of the current

financial resources, and the requirement to spend large CREATING administration to meet, during its term of office, the basic NEW LIVING amounts of available budget on repairs and maintenance ENVIRONMENTS service needs of 80% of households in informal settlements

of infrastructure, thereby limiting investment in new and the flood mitigation requirements of 60%. service provision. Despite these challenges, the City is committed to continuing the roll-out of services within • Strategy 2020 – The longer-term strategy to meet the informal settlements as conditions and budgets permit. basic service needs and flood mitigation requirements Councillors and community leaders are encouraged to of 90% of households in informal settlements, with identify opportunities for the enhancement and extension shared services at a 1:4 ratio. INITIATIVES

of existing services. Such cooperation between local OTHER STRATEGIC communities and officials is vital for the success of the • Strategy 2030 – The planned provision of full services to City’s plan to deliver equitable services to all informal 80% of households living in informal settlements on a settlement inhabitants. 1:1 basis.

Incremental upgrade model FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE

Funded by Council & National Grants e.g. USDG STRUCTURE AND

In permanent areas TOP for in situ in future STRUCTURE

REBLOCKING AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FULL SERVICE

Relocate BASIC Tenure Level of Service FUNDING ESSENTIAL Incremental Upgrade Programme

TEMPORARY

R3 500 R7 500 R14 800 Max ANNEXURES Cost (Balance of Subsidy)

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The Rondevlei housing development adjacent to Lavender Hill will provide housing for residents of Cuba Heights informal settlement.

The achievement of Vision 2040 will effectively mainstream • Reblocking informal settlements where appropriate and informal settlement households as economically and feasible, so that: socially active citizens of Cape Town. It will do so by affording these households the lifestyle security that comes – space can be created to improve levels of service; with tenure, and the option and ability to create their own – access ways can be developed to allow service opportunities to improve their living conditions. The success vehicles to attend to service needs; of this endeavour will depend on effective partnerships, the creation of human capital within settlements, and the – sufficient distance is provided between structures to empowerment of all affected stakeholders to participate in prevent quick spreading of fires; and their own future development. – the safety and security of residents, and particularly The specific programmes that will be used to deliver this of children, can be enhanced. vision include, but are not limited to: • Implementing the actions of the UISP. • the UISP; • the emergency housing programme (temporary relocation Temporary relocation and Incremental and incremental development areas as products); Development Areas (IDAs) • reblocking; Temporary relocation areas (TRAs) are parcels of land that have • the basic services programme (in collaboration with the been developed for families who are in need of emergency City Utilities Directorate); and housing. A combination of urbanisation, population growth and climate change impacts has meant that demand for this • the electrification programme (in collaboration with the type of accommodation is increasing. Consequently, the City City Utilities Directorate). has embarked on various initiatives to establish more of these More details of these programmes can be found temporary housing opportunities. throughout this five-year plan. Examples of IDAs: This incremental informal settlements upgrade plan will include the following key steps: • Families in Masonwabe flats, Gugulethu (dilapidated buildings that had to be demolished), were moved to • Providing solutions that prevent the establishment of new informal settlements, and the further densification serviced sites with emergency housing structures. of existing ones. • Families living in the flood-prone area of Sir Lowry’s Pass • Providing recently established informal settlements with Village were relocated to appropriate land in the same all necessary services. area where one-on-one services could be provided.

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• Families from Skandaalkamp and Rooidakkies on the fires, all wooden materials (poles, door and window) and Vissershok landfill site will be relocated to Wolwerivier. corrugated sheets will be painted with an approved fire- Provision will be made for approximately 500 families. As retardant paint prior to delivery. there is not yet any infrastructure in the area, alternative The cost of an enhanced kit is estimated at R3 670 (excluding solutions for sanitation need to be explored. REALITY

VAT), compared to the cost of approximately R972 (excluding THE CURRENT Further IDAs are listed in Annexure 1. VAT) for the previous kit. The new tender for the supply of the emergency kits makes provision for kits to be delivered at the Enhanced emergency housing kit site of the emergency, and only a predetermined amount of kits The City provides an emergency housing kit to households will be stored at City premises, for use when supplies are not who have been left entirely homeless as a result of a available. major fire or flooding, and who do not have the means to IMPROVEMENT immediately rebuild their homes. The Human Settlements Directorate is also preparing a draft FOR PARTNERING framework for the provision of the enhanced emergency The current kit was found to be inadequate for various housing kit, which will guide provision of the kit in cases of reasons, particularly the fact that it provided very little fires and floods. This framework will be concluded during protection from the weather and criminal activities. In the 2013/14 financial year. March 2013, Council approved an enhanced emergency housing kit. In terms of the National Housing Code and in agreement IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING Informed by past experience and discussions with local with the Western Cape Government requirements, the community leaders, this enhanced kit will create a shelter funding for the materials for the enhanced emergency that is more dignified and secure against the elements housing kit will be sourced from the City’s Human and intrusion. The materials used for the provision of Settlements Development Grant (HSDG). As the additional

the enhanced shelter will be sufficient to build a basic kits will be funded from the currently fully committed CREATING NEW LIVING

dwelling of at least 3 m x 3 m in size. Although small, Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework ENVIRONMENTS

this will offer protection against inclement weather and (MTREF), it must be noted that this initiative will affect criminal elements, and could form the base of a future, the delivery of top structures (such as PHP projects) that bigger structure. In addition, to retard the spread of currently appear on the draft budgets. INITIATIVES OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING

The City put together an enhanced emergency housing kit for households EPWP workers assembling a dwelling with an enhanced emergency who have been left homeless after fire or flooding. housing kit. ANNEXURES

CITY OF CAPE TOWN / INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Five-year strategic PLAN 2013/14 REVIEW 29 New Settlements project using innovative methods The Ocean View stone village ‘subsidy’ housing project is the first of its kind in the country using natural materials found on site and using local unemployed residents trained in the craft of stonemasonry.

Table Mountain sandstone found on the site was shaped by local labour after being trained in the craft of stonemasonry.

The shaped sandstone was layed in the walls of the houses by local residents trained as bricklayers.

One of the 543 stone and brick houses in Ocean View available for qualifying beneficiaries from the area.

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Land planning and acquisition for human settlements 32 New and mixed-use developments 33

Ocean View stone cottages, an innovative housing project using EPWP workers from the area.

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The City not only thinks of ways to adapt existing Cape Corporate planning and the Built Environment Town, but rather of ways in which to transform it into Performance Plan (BEPP) a ‘new’ city – one with full interconnectivity to adjacent This planning function within the Directorate operates cities, towns and provinces across the country. So, while at various levels, the first of which is concerned with much can be achieved in improving current efficiencies, providing inputs into corporate planning processes. At this new, modern infrastructure and technology need to be level, the Human Settlements function is to co-ordinate introduced and harnessed, particularly in terms of new, so- with various other planning processes, such as the City called ‘greenfields’ human settlements developments. Development Strategy, the draft Economic Development Strategy, the Urbanisation Strategy and others. It also While the City is firmly committed to a policy of includes more focused geographic planning efforts, such densification (and therefore compacting), it is not widely as the Voortrekker Road corridor strategy or work on the realised that the state-driven housing projects in Cape Town integration zone. are already among the most dense in the city. Some of the National Government has introduced the USDG, which is historical projects built by the state for low-income families a block grant to all metropolitan municipalities in South have higher densities than the metropolitan’s average 7,7 Africa. Its purpose is to supplement capital investment dwelling units per hectare. in municipal infrastructure. Annually, the receiving The same is true of the City’s informal areas, which as a rule, municipality must state how it intends using the funds, and are denser than both formally built areas and the urban also illustrate how such spending is expected to improve average. As a whole, informal areas are at 77 dwelling units the overall performance of the built environment. To fulfil per hectare, while the target for Cape Town is 25. this requirement, an annual BEPP is prepared by the Directorate. Land planning and acquisition for The BEPP seeks to highlight the infrastructure implications human settlements of existing urban plans, such as the IDP, the Metro Spatial Land planning Development Framework, and the Metro Transport Plan, while assessing whether past spending is in fact bringing The availability and readiness of developable land underpin about greater sustainability, relieving poverty and resulting any successful housing programme, and must be planned in greater economic growth. for accordingly. Such planning occurs at the following three levels:

The site of the Pelican Park integrated development that will include schools, a clinic and library, as well as a shopping centre. On completion, it will house 3 200 mixed-income families.

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Structure planning Clearly, in such situations, the land is not suited to long- This medium-level planning function involves layout planning term occupation, and the people need to be relocated. and the subdivision of larger tracts of land. It paves the way for activating projects in future by planning, budgeting and Land transfers

implementing bulk infrastructure works. Two such efforts will Land owned by another sphere of government or by a REALITY

be undertaken in the coming year at Macassar and Darwin state enterprise, and which is surplus to that government THE CURRENT Roads. These will be followed by detailed project planning sphere or enterprise’s needs (i.e. not core to its mandate), and eventually the building of housing opportunities. is often suited for development. In such cases, the owner is approached with the aim of securing a transfer between Site planning the relevant organs of state. At times, this involves some Site, or local, planning is the precursor to issuing compensation, but typically (as in the case of a piece of construction tenders with a specific objective of unlocking Transnet land in Sir Lowry’s Pass Village acquired by the City IMPROVEMENT

land for IDAs. It focuses on obtaining land use approvals FOR PARTNERING last year), the asset transfer is viewed as a ‘gift’. Currently, and environmental authorisations. These processes are several transfers are being pursued, specifically from the increasingly being decoupled from development, since Western Cape Departments of Education and Public Works. regulation has become inordinate, and paperwork can take As many as nine such sites have already been released in up to 18 months. In the coming five years, six parcels of the last three years, primarily in areas with pressing housing land across the city will be planned in this way, specifically problems such as Elsies River, Belhar and Khayelitsha. IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS with a view to obtaining areas for emergency relocation as EXISTING LIVING well as some new housing opportunities. A schedule of properties to be devolved to Council is also being drawn up. There is a range of reasons for Planning for parcels of land in Strandfontein, Macassar, such devolvement, the primary one being to normalise Bloekombos and Atlantis will begin in the coming year. a historical situation. The former tricameral system has left a legacy of irregular land holding. For instance,

Land acquisition CREATING

‘homeownership’ stock that was ‘sold’ by Council still NEW LIVING Without adequate and suitable parcels of land, no new appears in the name of the Western Cape Government, ENVIRONMENTS housing projects can come on stream. Initially, vacant sites which means that title cannot be registered in the buyer’s are identified by the community or by local townplanners name. Several devolvements have been processed in the as having the potential for development. Closer inspection last three years in Retreat, Hout Bay and Grassy Park, while then takes place to reveal whether the acquisition should others are still being processed by the state attorney.

occur through purchase, a transfer (including devolvement) INITIATIVES Land reservations

or the reservation of the site. In his budget speech, the OTHER STRATEGIC Minister of Human Settlements committed to devolve all Where Council already holds title to a specific tract of state-owned land suitable for housing development. land, a reservation is placed on it. This is a simple case of co-ordinating between line departments within the Purchasing land City. For instance, land that is no longer needed by a line department, but that is suited to low-cost housing In the past five years, the City has bought approximately FUNCTIONS

development, should not be sold on the open market, but DIRECTORATE

300 ha of land. The majority of this is for long-term STRUCTURE AND rather used for this important purpose. In such a case, a banking as a way of meeting the housing needs of future reservation secures the land for the purpose of low-cost generations of Capetonians. In many cases, however, the housing. In the process, the reservation can also flush out purchases have also been for immediate project roll-out, several possible encumbrances, because the reservation such as in Hout Bay, where housing demand is high and request is circulated to all line departments for comment, vacant space in short supply. Each year, an amount of AND PLAN

who are able to indicate any material interests they hold in LEGISLATION roughly R30 million is provided for on the City’s budget. INTEGRATION the land. Sites with live leases or servitudes registered over Depending on price and location of available land, this these are thus parked for reconsideration in years to come. typically secures about 50 ha. Large parcels of land such as Approximately 20 reservations were requested in 2012, Wingfield and Swartklip have been discussed as being ideal with many more in progress. for human settlement for a number of years, and once the opportunity for their acquisition arises, special budgeting New and mixed-use developments FUNDING arrangements will need to be made. The City is responsible for the development of new integrated All of the above measures constitute planned or proactive human settlements that are aligned with the national housing acquisitions. Each year, one or more unforeseen land programmes as stipulated by the National Housing Code, and purchases are also made. The need for this tends to arise are also informed by the City’s IDP and Spatial Development as a result of a crisis, such as the recent situations in Framework. Such human settlements developments are aimed Sweethome and Doornbach, where service installation is at providing new housing opportunities for households which ANNEXURES urgently required, but the landowner is unable to oblige. depend on the state for their housing needs.

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The alignment of all formal housing delivery mechanisms that contribute to a more compact settlement form by is important to ensure a range of housing typologies that providing a range of inclusionary housing opportunities, provide various location and ownership options to housing combined with community and socio-economic beneficiaries. These are not only provided directly by the City opportunities for those who will occupy them. as a developer, but also in partnership with the private sector through Section 21 compliance with the requirement to provide Balancing quality with high density social housing, and in partnership with non-governmental Identifying infill sites for new developments within the organisations to assist with consolidation and PHP roll-out. existing communities is a priority, and densification has been The dedicated Technical Services Department assists with necessitated by the scarcity and high cost of suitable land the planning and delivery of community facilities and as well as the inefficiencies of existing spatial patterns. The social amenities to give effect to the Directorate’s vision of design guidelines for infill developments require smaller integrated, opportunity-driven human settlements. erven, with a focus on well-designed open and street spaces. By providing such integrated human settlements, the City ensures a complementary and balanced approach that has Building to higher densities results in significant savings on the best potential to provide for the long-term needs of the unit cost of land and infrastructure, which can in turn Cape Town’s communities, particularly in respect of the be utilised to fund the enhancement of public and street provision of municipal services and community facilities. spaces for the benefit of the community. New settlement layouts are predominantly north-facing, allowing effective While the delivery of low-cost housing is a core function of the Directorate, this deliverable is premised on the passive solar design of buildings, an increase in comfort availability of land and budget. The focus is however levels, and a reduction in energy needs. Community shifting towards addressing settlement inefficiencies involvement in decisions with regard to the planning and through the development of integrated human settlements design of new housing projects is a priority.

This new housing development in Scottsdene will provide new rental units.

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The budget available for each housing opportunity is fixed Affordable housing in the gap market and made known to tenderers. Enhancement schedules As is now well understood, families earning between are also provided as part of the tender documents to R3 500 and R15 000 per month constitute a gap in the encourage bidders to add value by providing more than housing market that remains unserviced by both the

the standard 40 m² units prescribed by the National private market and the state. Against the backdrop of the REALITY Housing Policy. substantial structural changes being felt by Cape Town’s THE CURRENT These enhancements, which often include boundary economy, accompanied by a severe decline in blue-collar walls, solar water heaters, etc., have the potential to add jobs and a general slowdown in employment, this gap is numerous benefits to the ultimate beneficiaries of the becoming increasingly glaring and potentially devastating housing opportunities, and form a key component of the for those who fall within this income range. City’s transition from mere housing provision to integrated The City has therefore implemented a strategy to deal with IMPROVEMENT human settlements. this problem through a combination of loan-funded gap FOR PARTNERING housing and a consumer self-help programme. Funding for a full range of housing opportunities • Loan-funded houses The City’s integrated human settlements developments are The City facilitates this kind of housing by releasing aligned with the national housing programmes stipulated land and/or providing institutional housing subsidies. IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS in the National Housing Code, and are also informed by the In return, the developer is required to deliver solutions EXISTING LIVING City’s own spatial development planning frameworks. As that fit into the gap price and qualification brackets. such, the City aims to deliver housing opportunities over The buyer is required to contribute loan finance. Various the full range of housing types supported by the National modes of delivering these kinds of solutions have been Department of Human Settlements’ funding programmes. piloted in Cape Town, with varying success. It is hoped These include the following: that in the next five years, between 200 and 250 such CREATING CREATING gap solutions will be delivered annually. NEW LIVING • UISP stages 1 to 4, yielding fully serviced sites; ENVIRONMENTS

• Plot and self-help programme • UISP stage 5, delivering top structures on already- serviced sites; In this programme, a fully serviced site is sold to people wanting to build their own home at their own • IRDP, which makes it possible for the City to install pace. This solution is specifically targeted at those

services in developments that include not only INITIATIVES who cannot rely on qualifying for a home loan, but subsidised housing, but also privately owned, bonded who may have other forms of credit, assistance from OTHER STRATEGIC housing and commercial/retail developments, as well as their employer, or their own building skills. The land community amenities and institutions; is discounted, in return for which no speculation is • PHP, which supports groups of beneficiaries who allowed. Since the R3 500 qualifying threshold for state already hold title to land in constructing top structures; subsidies has not been adjusted for a number of years,

the number of families seeking this kind of support has FUNCTIONS • CRU programme, facilitating the funding of high- DIRECTORATE grown immensely in recent times. Therefore, the City STRUCTURE AND density rental accommodation on well-located land, recognises it as a programme that should be upscaled and the transformation of the City’s stock of hostels, in the years to come, and it is hoped that between 200 which originally provided accommodation for between and 250 pilots per year can be sold on this basis. 15 000 and 20 000 contracted migrant labourers; and

• National housing programme for farm residents, Institutional housing AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION facilitating on-site or off-site housing for farmworkers. The institutional housing programme aims to develop Apart from the PHP, all of the above initiatives depend affordable ownership houses for households with a on the identification of appropriate land and its release maximum monthly income of R3 500. The programme for development. In the case of farmworker housing, utilises Government’s institutional subsidy and a top-up discussions were held with farmers from the Durbanville loan. For example, a house valued at R200 000 is built

area in early 2012, and the housing needs of farmworkers through a R80 000 top-up government subsidy and a FUNDING will be considered in the future. R120 000 loan amount. ANNEXURES

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The Bothasig social housing project consists of 120 rental units available to families on the City’s housing database.

Currently, the Cape Town Community Housing Company One of the most important elements for a PHP (CTCHC) is the only institution in Cape Town that is able to consolidation project is that the beneficiary must be the provide houses within this programme. The CTCHC provides property owner (title deed holder) or must be in possession the beneficiaries with the top-up loan through a purchase of a signed deed of sale from the City. The City monitors agreement between the CTCHC and the beneficiary. The a considerable number of PHP projects, and is the leading loan period is 25 years, and the instalment is approximately metropole in this regard. R1 000 per month. Examples of houses that have been built through this programme are the 330 in Morgan’s Village New rental housing Phase 1, the 2 341 built in Morgan’s Village Phase 3, the 800 The City provides either direct or indirect new rental currently being built in Harmony Village. housing opportunities. This means that it provides either new CRUs under City management, or social rental housing People’s Housing Process under the management of social housing partners with This category of housing opportunity refers to beneficiaries who whom the City has agreements. maximise their housing subsidy by building or organising the building of their own homes through a process that includes Social rental housing the establishment of a community support organisation. The City’s social housing programme aims to develop The National Housing Code defines the PHP as “a government affordable rental accommodation for households with a housing support programme that assists households who wish maximum monthly income of R7 500. The programme utilises to enhance their houses by actively contributing towards the institutional and capital subsidies available in terms of the building of their own homes. The process allows beneficiaries national housing programmes. Delivery occurs through the to establish a housing support organisation that will provide social housing institutions that have entered into partnership them with organisational, technical and administrative agreements with the City to build and manage the housing assistance. Training and guidance on how to build houses developments on the City’s behalf. To date, the City has are also supplied. Participation in the process is regarded as completed three social housing projects in Steenberg, Koeberg a contribution towards the achievement of their housing Road and Bothasig. In addition, there are currently more than opportunities and the compulsory requirement for a financial 20 social housing projects in the planning stage, as indicated contribution is thus not applicable”. in the housing project schedule (Annexure 1).

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A gap-market show house in Pelican Park. On completion, the development will have state-subsidised houses, single-storey semi-detached gap houses ENVIRONMENTS and double-storey houses.

Restitution of land rights Good progress is being made in this regard on the The land restitution programme is a constitutional Richmond Park and District Six land claims, with imperative (see Section 25(7) of the Bill of Rights), which development plans for the areas having been submitted aims to restore the land rights of, or provide just and for approval. It is hoped that most of these restitution land INITIATIVES equitable redress to persons or communities who were parcels will have been developed over the next five years. OTHER STRATEGIC dispossessed of land after 19 June 1913 due to past Adapting human settlements to the natural discriminatory laws and practices. environment The Land Restitution Unit within the Human Settlements Cape Town’s residential areas are particularly vulnerable to Directorate is responsible for negotiating and tracking the effects of climate change, especially the concomitant FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE

progress in respect of those restitution cases that involve increase in the incidence of natural risks such as flooding, STRUCTURE AND City-owned land. gale force winds, torrential rain and extreme temperatures.

The specific function of the Unit is to manage the return of Residential developments built on flood and coastal plains Council-owned land on which there is a restitution claim. In are particularly at risk of flood damage due to heavy rainfalls cases where this is not possible because the land has been or coastal storm surges. While due cognisance is now taken AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION fully developed, alternative land owned by Council in the of these factors in future human settlements planning, INTEGRATION vicinity of the claim is identified and made available. The existing structures and communities are still under threat. City has to date approved the return (restoration) of 11 Informal settlements located below the flood-lines of rivers parcels of land to 11 groups of claimants. These restitution are especially susceptible to flooding. Poorly constructed group claims are Richmond Park, District Six, Claremont, low-cost housing and informal settlements are vulnerable Welcome Estate, Crawford, Protea Village, Tramway Park, to heavy storm conditions, which are likely to increase in FUNDING Dido Valley, Constantia, Macassar and Emavundleni. The both frequency and intensity in future. The financial losses next step in the restitution process is to develop these resulting from these are a further burden to the poor and, restored land parcels. However, this can be a challenging in some cases, affect their very livelihoods. and lengthy process given the varying requirements and desires of stakeholders. The City is therefore working Against this backdrop, it is critical for the City to consider closely with the Land Claims Commission in developing how climate change will affect houses, settlements,

these land parcels. communities and individuals going forward. ANNEXURES

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The resilience of houses depends on design, maintenance and Most of these initiatives relate to harnessing the power a multitude of external and internal stressors. The impact of and cost-efficiencies of renewable energy through the use climate change on settlements as well as individual houses of solar devices to heat water and warm houses. Natural (both private and City stock) is expected to be significant. shading is also maximised to assist with the cooling of living Many of Cape Town’s houses and settlements are already environments in summer. As far as reasonably possible, under pressure as a result of population growth, high levels the street plans for new developments are laid out in of poverty, and inadequate maintenance due to neglect and such a way as to maximise the number of houses with affordability issues. These stressors will be exacerbated by north-facing aspects to ensure maximum sun in winter the effects of climate change, and the vulnerability of the and facilitate natural cross-ventilation by the prevailing housing sector will escalate. For occupants and property or south-east winds during the hot summer months. Windows homeowners, this may manifest in unsafe living environments, on the north-facing facades are shaded against the risks to health and general well-being, increased maintenance midsummer sun, but are typically larger than standard to and insurance costs, future insecurity and, in the worst-case maximise winter sunshine. scenario, structural damage and loss as well as risks/dangers Although not required by national standards, City to human life. contractors are encouraged to include solar water The increased stress on existing houses that were built heating systems in their tender offers. The Directorate to standards that pre-date current and projected climate also welcomes innovative suggestions regarding green conditions may result in the need for renewal, replacement technologies, but while many such green innovations and and, in some cases, relocation. All future developments devices are presented annually, few can be acquired due to should therefore be designed to withstand the anticipated the often high purchasing and implementation costs. effect of climate change and indeed, to limit any negative contribution to climate change that may result from their construction and maintenance. The main impacts on physical housing structures have been identified as: • increased energy consumption (and costs); • increased carbon emissions; • human health effects of rising temperatures and windblown particulates; • increased risk of damage due to more frequent and intense extreme events (such as high winds, storms and flooding); • increased damage from flooding and erosion; and • increased fire risks due to extended dry spells and higher temperatures. The Witsands housing development in Atlantis is an integrated Energy Environment Empowerment-Cost Optimisation (iEEECO) housing project. The City is aware of these risks and impacts and as this plan indicates, undertakes all human settlements actions with due awareness and consideration of their environmental and social sustainability implications. The Directorate is also committed to aligning its activities with the City’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan of Action, and has instituted a number of initiatives in response to this plan.

Atlantis residents receive the keys to their houses in Witsands.

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OTHER STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Ensuring title 40 Housing consumer education 41 Housing database 41 Human Settlements call centre 42 Accreditation and national housing programmes 42 Job creation through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) 43 Policies 43 Reporting, monitoring and evaluation 43

Title deeds handover in Statice Heights, Kewtown, Athlone.

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Ensuring title Creating property owners through title transfers An initiative to sell City rental stock to tenants is currently under way. The primary focus of the campaign falls on approximately 14 686 rental units that are still regarded as saleable. Qualifying tenants with a joint income of less than R3 500 per month are eligible for a state discount of up to R88 228 in respect of the purchase price, rental and services arrears. The City will also contribute 50% of the total transfer costs up to a maximum of R500 per transfer for those qualifying tenants with a joint income of between R0 and R7 000 per month.

Delayed sales Previously, the City sold a number of dwellings on a delayed transfer basis, with loan repayments over 20 or 30 years. These dwellings comprised ‘built for sale’ units, components of City self-help schemes, as well as saleable rental stock, of which approximately 20 000 units still need to be transferred. Agreements of sale for the transfer of ownership to longstanding tenants of Steurhof, Diep River. The properties are only transferred once the purchase price is paid in full and any arrears on the housing loan account have • The registration process on current housing projects is been settled. Purchasers also receive a subsidy towards the being streamlined to ensure that title is issued as part of transfer cost based on their income. the project roll-out. Site-and-service transfers • In respect of Council stock that is being transferred to Over 2 000 serviced sites in Khayelitsha and Nyanga home buyers, a separate process is being driven by the (Crossroads and Brown’s Farm) still need to be transferred Department of Existing Settlements. to the original beneficiaries or the persons in occupation An enquiry was conducted into the legacy projects to of the sites. Since many of the original beneficiaries no determine the position with each. The major reasons for the longer occupy these sites, the City has approved a policy historic failure to issue title deeds were found to be as follows: that provides for a process of cancelling the existing deeds of sale applicable to beneficiaries who are no longer in • Township establishment applications are not yet concluded. occupation of the site-and-service properties, as well as • The general plan remains unapproved. screening the current occupants for possible transfer. • Township registers remained unopened. A number of sites in Nyanga are still registered to the Western Cape Government, and negotiations are in • Sale agreements remain unsigned by beneficiaries. progress to transfer them. • Beneficiaries have not been traceable. Title to land • Beneficiaries have not repaid their loans. South Africa’s National Housing Policy is premised on freehold tenure. This means that beneficiaries of state • Land zoning issues (especially in Khayelitsha, which remains support get access not only to a house, but also to the subject to the Black Community Development Act). piece of land on which the house stands, which should Most often, these processes have been left incomplete be registered in their name at the registrar of deeds. In because conveyancing appointments expired, conveyancing the past, output figures and rapid delivery received top funds of the housing subsidy ran out, and/or clarity could priority, while the less visible paperwork was neglected. never be obtained about original landownership. These This resulted in many beneficiaries still not having ‘received’ problems are now being dealt with in the old legacy title to their land. A process is now in place to remedy the projects of Tambo Square 2, Old Wallacedene Phase 10, situation in Cape Town. There are three legs to this remedy: Nyanga, Mfuleni 3 and 4, Bloekombos Phase 2, • Historical housing projects that have been completed in Masiphumelele, Lwandle, Nomzamo and Phumlani. terms of construction, but were not properly registered Remediation is complex, as it involves the City, the relevant at the deeds office, are being finalised retrospectively. attorneys, the former developers, the state attorney, and

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the Western Cape Government. It also presupposes that • government housing subsidies and other housing the entitled beneficiary can be located. Despite this, a assistance;

measure of success has already been achieved, as outlined CREATING • housing development processes and procedures; and NEW LIVING in the table below: ENVIRONMENTS

• contracts, and the consequences of breach of contract. Table 1.8: Progress with title transfers Enhancements to this training material are being PROJECT TRANSFERS TRANSFERS developed, and will include a number of environmental IN PAST EXPECTED FINANCIAL UP UNTIL sustainability topics such as waste disposal, recycling,

YEAR 30 JUNE energy saving, water and climate change, practical steps INITIATIVES

2013 to save water, and food gardening. This collaborative OTHER STRATEGIC 1 Phumlani 50 10 arrangement is in line with the City’s Energy and Climate Change Action Plan objectives. 2 Bloekombos 0 40 3 Wesbank 501 600 Since the programme’s inception in 2006, more than 3 000 beneficiaries have been trained, with sessions taking FUNCTIONS

4 Nomzamo 443 100 DIRECTORATE

place in Macassar, Brown’s Farm, Lwandle, Nomzamo, STRUCTURE AND 5 Marconi Beam 235 60 Khayelitsha, Atlantis, Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, Kewtown and 6 Wallacedene 500 987 Melkbosstrand.

Housing consumer education Housing database

In the early 2000s, the City developed a housing database AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION

The fundamental objective of the housing consumer INTEGRATION education programme is to educate and empower housing system, which went live in June 2006. It comprised consumers or beneficiaries on their options, rights and approximately 15 housing waiting lists from the former responsibilities, and to raise awareness and promote municipalities, which now all form the metropolitan area. behavioural change through communication and education. This integrated housing database system is housed on a central server, and is accessible from all the City’s housing The topics discussed during the training sessions cover offices through the City’s intranet. FUNDING a range of issues pertaining to the beneficiary’s needs, including: The database has undergone a major upgrade to bring it in line with recommendations that resulted from two audits, • tenure options; and also to align it more closely with the requirements of • affordability and savings; the revised allocations policy. ANNEXURES

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The purpose of the housing database is to provide allocated grants (the USDG and the HSDG, which relates an accessible resource of all beneficiaries of the City’s to the City’s accreditation mandate), the administration of various housing programmes through a single, centrally the USDG (registration and approval of projects) was also managed list. The housing database is principally used for included in the mandate of the City’s National Housing the allocation of vacant rental housing managed by the Programmes Department. The departmental structure was City, and the allocation of housing in terms of the state’s approved by Council on 1 September 2011. Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing programme. The The City and the Western Cape Department of Human City’s social and gap housing partners also make use of Settlements have signed an implementation protocol and the housing database to source beneficiaries, while the finalised the deed of delegations that formally transferred Western Cape Department of Human Settlements has the authority for approval of projects under the HSDG to used it to source a portion of its beneficiaries for the N2 the City. The USDG is paid directly to the City, and therefore Gateway housing project as well as housing projects at all processes and delegations pertaining to this grant had Nuwe Begin in Blue Downs and Our Pride in Eerste River. to be approved by Council. Council approved the process As at 29 April 2013, the following records were held on the for the assessment and approval of USDG projects as well housing database: as the related delegations to the Executive Director: Human • Applicants still awaiting housing opportunities Settlements, and subsequently approved the inclusion of (276 920 applicants) HSDG projects in this process and the delegations. • Applicants already assisted with housing opportunities Although the approval of HSDG projects is encapsulated by the City or former municipalities (57 349 applicants) in the accreditation framework, current legislation necessitates that the provincial minister approves all The figure of applicants still awaiting housing projects where the municipality is the developer. Therefore, opportunities dramatically differs from the previous the City submitted a list of projects in line with its five-year financial year. A clean-up took place where the full plan to the Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements database was compared to the City’s Land Information for approval. This list was approved, opening the door for System, as well as the National Housing Subsidy System as the City to further administer these projects as, and when, well as other national datasets, such as that of Home Affairs. they become implementation-ready. Approximately 10 000 new applicants are registered annually. Incorporated into the above approval process is a Project All informal settlements where work takes place are also Review Committee (PRC), which considers all projects and registered. Backyarders are also registered where the makes recommendations to the Executive Director. The first backyarder programme is rolled out. Registration drives are meeting of this committee took place on 24 October 2011. undertaken where new housing projects are started. Projects submitted to the PRC are considered against the key deliverables of National Outcome 8, which are as follows: Approximately 110 000 updates were done during • Accelerated delivery of housing opportunities 2012/13. • Access to basic services Human Settlements call centre • Efficient utilisation of land for human settlements In line with the City’s drive to be highly customer-centred, a development dedicated Human Settlements call centre was launched at the start of 2013. Currently, the call centre is still in its pilot • Improved property market phase and deals mainly with database queries, but its areas Projects without a direct link to the above deliverables of operation will be expanded to deal with broader housing are still considered, and are measured against the USDG issues once the pilot phase is completed. policy framework, such as the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure. In terms of the HSDG, projects are also Accreditation and national housing measured against the policy guidelines as contained in the programmes National Housing Code. The National Housing Programmes Department was Apart from the administration of USDG and HSDG projects, originally established to ensure that the City delivers on the NHP Department’s main focus is to ensure compliance its accreditation mandate. Subsequent to the creation of with all conditions of Levels 1 and 2 accreditation as well the Department, the City also became the recipient of as with those responsibilities devolved through assignment. the USDG, which is received directly from the National It was decided at national level to follow the route of Department of Human Settlements. This grant has various assignment through intergovernmental relations legislation applications, but is predominantly aimed at supporting rather than Level 3 accreditation through the Housing Act. the City to deliver on the targets encompassed in National To ensure full functionality in terms of the aforementioned, Outcome 8. To facilitate the application of both nationally the City has also gained access to the Housing Subsidy

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System (HSS) and has commenced also to fulfil the subsidy The Directorate provides job creation opportunities administration role. The link to the HSS is established in line with the City’s corporate initiatives. To ensure through the provincial database. As the HSS is managed the achievement of targets, the Directorate monitors at a national level, this presents a strong partnership implementation on a monthly basis. This also includes the

arrangement between the three spheres of government. REALITY necessary quality review and evidence base to supplement THE CURRENT The effective functioning of this Department largely relies all statistics submitted for reporting purposes. on strong partnerships with internal line departments, as well as the Western Cape and National Government. Policies Links with social housing institutions, the Social Housing Existing policies are periodically reviewed or new policies Regulatory Authority (SHRA) and the National Home developed as needed. Currently, the Human Settlements Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) will also become Directorate is reviewing its Housing Allocation Policy, as IMPROVEMENT

more critical as the City takes over the administration FOR PARTNERING relevant to these entities. well as drafting new policies on employer-assisted housing, public/community-based institution agreements and the Although accreditation and assignment do not equate clean-up of the City’s housing database. to more funding being available for human settlements delivery, and therefore will not result in more houses being Reporting, monitoring and evaluation

built within any given fiscal year, this does give the City full IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS Politically, the Directorate reports to the Human Settlements EXISTING LIVING control over the budget allocated to it, as well as over the administration of projects. This will enable more effective Portfolio Committee, which is responsible for policy prioritisation and efficiencies in the administration, and development and the monitoring of policy implementation. more streamlined approvals of projects and subsidies. Monthly portfolio committee meetings are held, where reports on various items relating to the functional area are CREATING CREATING

Job creation through the Expanded Public presented. These detailed reports can be found at NEW LIVING Works Programme (EPWP) www.capetown.gov.za/en/CouncilOnline. ENVIRONMENTS

The Human Settlements Directorate helps the City to On a quarterly basis, reports on performance against address unemployment through the creation of temporary predetermined targets are also submitted. Systems are jobs as part of the EPWP when executing its projects and in place to verify these data and the associated evidence programmes. Through an integrated human settlements used to validate outputs. In addition, the City is subjected strategy, economic empowerment of beneficiary INITIATIVES to both internal and external audits in line with good communities can be strongly supported by the introduction OTHER STRATEGIC of contractor development programmes for large, multi- governance principles. These audits verify that the existing year projects and programmes, and the facilitation of checks and balances can sufficiently verify deliverables. All access to project-specific incidental opportunities. systems are regularly reviewed and updated. FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING ANNEXURES A resident of Siqalo informal settlement on Vanguard Drive in front of his shop.

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The Project Review Committee considers all USDG and HSDG-funded projects and makes recommendations to the Executive Director: Human Settlements. Back row – from left: Faika Martin (Administrative Officer 3); Jens Kuhn (Manager: Housing Land and Forward Planning); Antoinette Markram (Senior Legal Advisor); Leeroy May (Manager: MIG); Schalk de Jager (Senior Professional Officer); Joseph Fillies (Administrative Officer 3). Front row – from left: Surita Pentz (Manager: National Housing Programmes); Barbara Stevens (Head: Projects & Contracts); Alida Kotzee (Director: Strategy, Support & Co-ordination); Wayne Muller (Director: Housing Finance & Leases).

Content to be agreed

Project managers presenting their project applications for funding approval to the Project Review Committee.

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DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS

Any brick-and-mortar structures provided by the City must be of a densified nature.

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The need for the Human Settlements Directorate structure Development and Delivery Department to be more aligned with its strategy functions had led to the new structure being approved by Council in February Facilitation and Implementation 2013. This new structure, which will be phased in, will This business unit is responsible for: enhance working relations within the Directorate, and is • managing the identification and planning (designing), based on aligning functions more closely with the strategy. facilitation, co-ordination and implementation of A brief summary of each of the departments and business projects and community facilities/amenities for the units in the Directorate is provided below. Directorate, and for monitoring and reporting on these;

Strategy and Planning Department • overseeing the development of new CRUs and hostels (including conversions); and Land Forward Planning and Co-ordination • managing the development of PHP projects. This business unit is responsible for: Land Reform, Social and Gap Housing • land planning and acquisition programmes for short-, medium- and long-term human settlements projects; This business unit is responsible for: • environmental impact assessment and rezoning; • managing and co-ordinating the implementation of the City’s land restitution and reform programme; • managing and controlling the land information/data • the facilitation and implementation of social and gap management system; housing programmes and strategies; • managing and facilitating the conclusion of title deeds, • monitoring partnership agreements with social and gap transfers; housing partners; and • the conversion of leasehold titles to title deeds, as well • co-ordinating and managing the hostels transformation as legacy cases, which include serviced sites that need programme (CRU) and housing co-operatives. to be transferred; and • identification and acquisition of brown buildings (old/ Technical Services other use) to be redeveloped for mixed use. This business unit is responsible for:

Policy, Research, Integration and • managing and controlling the provision of a professional and specialist architectural and quantity surveying service Compliance within the Directorate as well as City-wide; This business unit is responsible for: • managing major upgrades to CRUs and hostels, • managing and co-ordinating the development and including the development and implementation of reviewing of human settlements policies and strategies, long-term asset management plans; including the Integrated Human Settlements Five-Year • managing and co-ordinating the implementation of the Strategic Plan, IDP and annual report inputs, and the BEPP and USDG/HSDG projects across the City; and BEPP; and • upgrades of bulk services in defined areas, land parcels • ensuring the alignment of the City’s human settlements and proposed housing projects. policies with provincial and national directives and guidelines, as well as compliance with relevant legislation. Urbanisation Department Service Delivery Implementation, National Housing Programmes and Co-ordination and Compliance Accreditation Management (Informal Settlements and Backyarders) This business unit is responsible for: This business unit is responsible for: • managing the planning, identification, packaging and • managing the development of business processes that budgeting of programmes and projects; enable accelerated results and sustainable outcomes in • managing, co-ordinating and administering housing relation to the upgrade, management and improvement programmes and projects; and of informal settlements and backyarders; • technical monitoring and quality assurance by assessing • managing and implementing all urbanisation planning and all housing projects to ensure compliance with operational processes across the City to achieve sustainable, accreditation and assessment criteria. integrated and inclusive urbanisation implementation;

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• managing service delivery implementation and Public Housing and Customer Services co-ordination of improvements, developments and Department servicing of informal settlements and backyarders across City directorates; Tenancy and Homeownership Management

• co-ordinating and implementing 12 corporate This business unit is responsible for: REALITY THE CURRENT urbanisation chapters/outcomes across City directorates; • managing and administering rental units, and co- • monitoring and evaluating compliance with municipal ordinating homeownership units and special operations/ service levels and standards; programmes; • managing the development of a multi-year and • managing reactive maintenance to existing rental units integrated service delivery plan in relation to informal and hostels; and

settlements and backyarders; and IMPROVEMENT • managing current special leases and properties until FOR PARTNERING • aligning, integrating and co-ordinating provision handover to relevant City directorates. of essential services to informal settlements and Communication and Customer Services backyarders with various government departments as well as other City directorates. This business unit is responsible for:

• managing the administration and implementation IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS Informal Settlements Management of specific existing settlement information/reporting EXISTING LIVING This business unit is responsible for: requirements to and from subcouncils; • managing strategic and functional support pertaining • managing the development, co-ordination and to the upgrade and development of new and existing implementation of effective communication informal settlements/backyarder projects; mechanisms with all stakeholders (internal and CREATING CREATING external); NEW LIVING • managing the facilitation and development of ENVIRONMENTS

community and partnership relations with all relevant • managing and controlling the development, stakeholders regarding future and existing integrated administration and maintenance of the housing needs human settlements/community projects and initiatives database; in respect of informal settlements and backyarders; • developing and managing business improvement

• managing and co-ordinating a people-centred and modernisation processes to render a customer-focused INITIATIVES

sustainable City-wide relocation to improve service service at housing estate offices; OTHER STRATEGIC delivery and to decrease abnormal spatial densities; • transforming housing estate offices into one-stop • managing and co-ordinating informal settlements/ information centres; and backyarder demographic profiling; • developing and implementing tenants’ committees and • strategic planning and management of disaster relief customer relations improvement education campaigns. FU N CTIO S

and management initiatives; DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE a n d • managing of area-based resources planning; Strategic Support Services and Administration Department • managing and co-ordinating the implementation of the informal settlements winter/upgrade plans; This department is responsible for: • overseeing asset management and logistic support; • managing land invasions on all City, provincial and AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION state land; • general administration, human resource management • managing engineering services for all informal and secretarial support; settlements/backyarders; and • co-ordinating the audit processes; and • managing all planning activities relating to informal • overseeing the Directorate’s risk management,

settlements/backyarders, including alignment with the performance management and inter-service liaison in FUNDING Directorate’s strategic plans/objectives. the Executive Director’s office. ANNEXURES

CITY OF CAPE TOWN / INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Five-year strategic PLAN 2013/14 REVIEW 47 Provision of basic services to backyard dwellers in city-owned rental stock During 2011 the City embarked on a project to provide basic services to backyard dwellers and will continue to do so. The strategy is to provide basic services to all residents living in the backyards of city-owned non- saleable rental stock.

Overcrowded backyards housing several households have no separate basic services.

Innovative technology makes it possible for a backyard Basic services include a refuse bin per yard, a wash trough tenant to swipe a tag to discharge a free monthly supply of and tap attached to a pre-cast flush toilet, as well as water. When the free limit is used, the trickle system kicks in electricity connections for up to three structures. or additional units can be bought.

Up to three individual backyard households per backyard are provided with electricity.

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Legislation 50 Plan alignment and integration 50

Hangberg in Hout Bay depicting a contrast of types of living conditions.

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The City has to abide by, and align with various laws and Other legislation directives. The following sections summarise the main Other enactments that influence housing development and provisions relating to the delivery of integrated human administration include the following: settlements. • The Division of Revenue Act Legislation • The Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 The Constitution of the Republic of • The Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999 South Africa, 1996 The City has a constitutional mandate, together with the • The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Western Cape and National Government, to ensure that Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 the right of access to adequate housing for all its citizens is • The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 realised. The Constitution further describes the objectives • The Social Housing Act 16 of 2008 of local government as follows: • The Housing Development Agency Act 23 of 2008 • The sustainable provision of services • The National Environmental Management Amendment • The promotion of social and economic development Act 62 of 2009 • The promotion of an environment that is safe and healthy Plan alignment and integration • Prioritising the basic needs of communities The City’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) • Encouraging community involvement This review of the Integrated Human Settlements Five- The Housing Act 107 of 1997 Year Strategic Plan informs and is an integral part of the strategic focus area of human settlements and services The Housing Act supports the aims and goals of the in the City’s IDP. The IDP is the City’s key tool for dealing Constitution, setting out the general principles of housing with the real issues of households and communities in a development that government must adhere to, encourage strategic, developmental and delivery-oriented way. and promote. It gives the City the responsibility for primary development (major housing development), sets out pro- In addition, short-term plans with annual targets are also poor policies, and advises on how to achieve sustainability, compiled for the Directorate and each of its departments. integration, consultation, good governance, empowerment, These are contained in the Service Delivery and Budget equity and the optimal use of resources. Section 9(1)(f) of the Implementation Plans. Details can be obtained at Act requires the City, “as part of the municipality’s process www.capetown.gov.za/IDP. of integrated development planning, [to] take all reasonable and necessary steps within the framework of national and National Development Plan provincial housing legislation and policy to initiate, plan, co- This Integrated Human Settlements Five-Year Strategic Plan ordinate, facilitate, promote and enable appropriate housing will contribute to the City’s achievement of some of the development in its area of jurisdiction”. goals set in the National Development Plan, by transforming previous spatial inequalities in the location and design of The National Housing Code major future housing developments as well as providing The policy framework contained in the National Housing communities with a greater choice in housing solutions Code guides the City’s housing strategies. The Code sets out National Government’s overall vision for housing in National Outcome 8 South Africa, and provides guidelines on how to achieve The City’s current, diversified suite of alternative it. As such, it is a living document, enhanced as and when development and delivery strategies, methodologies and policy changes and evolves. products supports the National Outcome 8 imperative.

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Therefore, the plans contained in this five-year plan align needs must be provided with the opportunity to do so, with the strategic objectives of Outcome 8, and have been whilst those unable to do so will be assisted, albeit at a developed in the knowledge that: slower pace. Therefore, this City plan in itself supports the aforementioned provincial objective. The City’s housing • improving access to basic services is essential to

development strategy aligns with other aspects of the REALITY human dignity; overall provincial housing plans through: THE CURRENT • developments must be suitably located, affordable • upscaling the provision and implementation of a and decent; serviced sites/informal settlements improvement • developments must facilitate the spatial transformation strategy by means of the incremental upgrade of of the City’s suburbs, i.e. moving towards efficiency, informal settlements; inclusion and sustainability; • addressing the cost of bulk infrastructure as a constraint IMPROVEMENT • the building of cohesive and caring communities, with to human settlements development by applying FOR PARTNERING improved access to economic and social opportunities, additional available funding through the USDG; is imperative; and • applying the City’s approved Housing Allocation Policy • developments must be financially sustainable to the City in order to ensure fairness in the allocation of housing in the long-term. opportunities; IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS Therefore, the City, through a diverse range of • introducing a co-ordinated approach for human EXISTING LIVING development options, aims to meet the strategic outputs of settlements development by means of effective Outcome 8 by: integrated development/human settlements planning; • improving the living environments of households in • educating beneficiaries in respect of their rights informal settlements through incremental access to and responsibilities as homeowners and tenants, by CREATING CREATING

basic services as well as structured in situ upgrades; expanding and supporting the City’s housing consumer NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENTS • addressing the supportive infrastructure; education programme;

• facilitating opportunities in the gap market for • promoting security of tenure by facilitating transfer of households earning from R3 501 to R15 000 per month; title deeds to beneficiaries; • creating other forms of tenure through social housing • optimal and sustainable use of land through densification

and the building of new CRUs, whilst also upgrading along transport corridors and in economic nodes; INITIATIVES

existing units; • creating an enabling environment in terms of land OTHER STRATEGIC • ensuring that the backyarders form part of the use rights, strategic disposal of land and development development planning solution; and costs, to close the gap in the property market by way of strategic partnerships and private-sector investment; • pursuing all available options for the release of suitable, well-located state-owned land. • enhancing the supply of new and informal rental FUNCTIONS housing opportunities; DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND Provincial Strategic Objective 6 • developing and implementing a backyarder intervention Strategic Objective 6 of the Western Cape Department strategy to improve living conditions; and of Human Settlements forms part of the Western Cape Government’s vision of ‘an opportunity society for all’. • encouraging improved property management of rental stock through the intended modernisation of the existing This objective focuses, among others, on accelerating AND PLAN

Human Settlements Directorate, potentially partnering LEGISLATION housing delivery through prioritising in situ upgrades INTEGRATION with private-sector or social housing institutions. of informal settlements, and providing an increased number of people with a decreased level of assistance. This objective is being reviewed, and the City will provide It also incorporates the notion that those beneficiaries input from this five-year plan, whilst ensuring alignment who have the means to contribute to their own housing with National Outcome 8. FUNDING ANNEXURES

CITY OF CAPE TOWN / INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Five-year strategic PLAN 2013/14 REVIEW 51 Reblocking of informal settlements and ‘green shack’ initiative The City initiated the reblocking of densely populated informal settlements. The reconfiguration allows for easier access for emergency vehicles and reduces the spread of fires. In addition, the ‘green shack’ initiative also acts as a fire retardant.

A dense settlement before reblocking. An aerial view of a reblocked settlement, with fire breaks and access for emergency vehicles.

Vegetable plants planted in walls of shacks will act as a fire retardant when a fire breaks out.

Plastic bottles half-filled with water and a candle is a safe method of lighting a shack. It is anticipated that the water will extinguish the flame if the bottle is knocked over.

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Urban Settlements Development Grant 54 Human Settlements Development Grant 54

After a fire, the reblocking of BM section in Khayelitsha was possible when new structures were built with the City’s emergency housing kits.

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Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) • provide revised bulk infrastructure funding programmes As part of its efforts to ensure an appropriate delivery and mechanisms; pipeline and flexed funding regimes, the National • provide flexible infrastructure funding, comprising all Department of Human Settlements recently added to its infrastructure needs; and various housing funding programmes by launching the • provide project funding based on project cost and not a USDG, which is a new metropolitan funding framework fixed quantum. developed in partnership with National Treasury.

The USDG comprises the old infrastructure component The potential offered by the USDG in enabling the City of the existing housing subsidy, plus the former to deliver integrated human settlements in a way that Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) to the City, as well adds value to communities and addresses poverty is as an additional national fund allocation. It represents a demonstrated by Table 1.9 below, which reflects the fundamental shift in the total integrated housing funding diversity of infrastructure development projects that have instrument package, and may be utilised, inter alia, for harnessed the funding available through this vital grant. land acquisition, bulk infrastructure provision, informal The role of managing the USDG is performed by the settlement upgrades, reticulation services for integrated City’s National Housing Programmes Department and the housing developments, and project packaging. PRC, with authority to approve project funding applications and ensure integrated development in line with Housing project services are assessed on the basis of key grant conditions. national housing programmes (such as the IRDP and UISP), and top structures are funded by the HSDG. Application Human Settlements Development Grant of this grant ensures improved human settlements The HSDG represents the residual allocation from the development planning and co-ordination across the City, appropriation in terms of the Division of Revenue Act. It because the USDG serves to: funds the construction of top structures in the City’s various • firmly establish the City’s key roles and responsibilities; housing developments.

Table 1.9: Projects funded, or to be funded, through the USDG USDG – Bulk, Connector, Community Infrastructure Departments 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 National USDG National USDG National USDG National USDG R R R R Urban Regeneration 1 650 000 7 000 000 2 000 000 0 Electricity Services 175 806 318 200 358 860 171 413 000 208 084 700 Solid Waste Services 50 000 000 50 000 000 50 000 000 58 339 065 Water Services 195 835 513 239 290 130 281 900 000 254 650 000 Parks 33 530 144 44 242 240 54 800 000 50 000 000 Library and Information Services 1 840 180 35 969 587 8 000 000 8 000 000 Sport, Recreation and Amenities 70 400 377 51 268 300 50 000 000 51 000 000 Roads and Stormwater 213 343 340 211 830 331 275 000 000 220 000 000 Transport 2 375 817 31 692 990 10 000 000 30 000 000 Health Services 10 700 000 8 000 000 7 200 000 15 000 000 Social Development, Arts & Culture 921 685 0 0 0 Spatial Planning and Urban Design 0 3 000 000 10 000 000 10 000 000 Total: Bulk & Community Infrastructure 756 403 374 882 652 438 920 313 000 905 073 765

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INITIATIVES OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND Athlone 13 495 358,66 Heideveld 10 651 409,30 Pelican Park 36 507 458,39 Atlantis 14 802 402,96 Imizamo Yethu 3 030 401,47 Phillipi 6 300,00 Bellville 21 019 288,42 Joe Slovo 612 280,27 Retreat 3 387 795,12 Bloekombos 43 950,00 Khayelitsha 11 219 384,84 Scottsdene 52 874 535,98 Blue Downs 11 700 000,00 Kuils River 6 433,84 Seawinds 1 789 434,71 AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION

Bonteheuwel 2 183 876,98 Langa 56 150,00 Steenberg 3 654 202,01 INTEGRATION Delft 8 799 415,91 Macassar 3 524 699,20 Strand 10 467 670,11 Du Noon 1 443 304,55 Maitland 2 321 098,80 Strandfontein 103 193,09 Eerste River 10 029 540,43 Manenberg 4 133 697,34 Swartklip 3 632 578,44 Enkanini 996 272,54 Masiphumelele 122 600,00 Tygerberg 19 832 490,01 Factreton 636 267,35 Mfuleni 920 525,00 Uitsig 1 559 861,92

Fisantekraal 1 398 398,73 Milnerton 1 643 737,05 Valhalla Park 4 963 569,18 FUNDING Gugulethu 3 439 504,58 Mitchells Plain 9 247 553,05 Vissershok 1 016 648,50 Hangberg 33 256,14 Nyanga 297 485,69 Wallacedene 10 346 099,30 Hanover Park 724 804,96 Ocean View 6 538 141,71 315 311 084,08 Happy Valley 20 093 818,03 Ottery 4 189,52

Figure 1.1: USDG expenditure in 2012 ANNEXURES

CITY OF CAPE TOWN / INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Five-year strategic PLAN 2013/14 REVIEW 55 Major upgrade of rental stock The City embarked on the major upgrade of its rental stock, which entails renovations to the exterior and interior of the property. The upgrade will continue till 2015.

The derelict condition of a block of flats before the Brick skins being applied over existing old exterior. major upgrade.

The upgraded block of flats.

Workers replacing windows during the upgrade.

The major maintenance upgrade of the City’s rental units is on track to be completed in 2015.

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ANNEXURE 1: Human Settlements project schedule 58 ANNEXURE 2: 2013/14 projected housing delivery targets 66 ANNEXURE 3: Map of subcouncil boundaries 68 ANNEXURE 4: Organisational structure – Human Settlements Directorate 69 ANNEXURE 5: Intervention categories, definitions and national housing 70 subsidy instruments

Housing rental stock in Scottsdene. Upgraded rental housing with a play area in Scottsdene.

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NEW HOUSING PROJECTS

Area in ha – units to be determined in detailed No. Potential future projects (pipeline) planning Area Subcouncil Ward 1 Atlantis South 329 Atlantis 1 29 2 Belhar vacant school sites 14,2 Belhar 6 12, 22 3 Bellville central business district (CBD) – taxi rank/station 2,9 Bellville 6 10 4 Bloekombos and surrounding properties 51,8 Kraaifontein 7 101 5 Bonteheuwel infill 5,5 Bonteheuwel 5 50, 31 6 Brackenfell – Everite land 16,3 Brackenfell 2 6 7 Darwin Road 129,8 Kraaifontein 7 105 8 Hanover Park 8,6 Hanover Park 17 46, 47 9 Harare infill housing project n/a Khayelitsha 10 98 10 Hostels redevelopment – Nyanga CRU 11,6 Nyanga 14 37, 39, 40 11 Hostels redevelopment – Gugulethu CRU 13,7 Gugulethu 11 42, 44 12 Joe Slovo Park – Freedom Way 0,6 Milnerton 1 4 13 Kalkfontein 30,9 Kuils River 21 11, 19 14 Kapteinsklip 17,3 Mitchells Plain 12 82 15 Kensington infill 0,8 Kensington 15 56 16 Kewtown infill CRU 5,6 Kewtown 11 49 17 Leonsdale gap – Jan van Riebeeck Drive 16,8 Elsies River 4 26 18 Lwandle hostels 6,6 Lwandle 8 86 19 Macassar erf 5315 11,78 Macassar 22 109 20 Mfuleni hostels 17 Mfuleni 21, 22 16, 108 21 Mitchells Plain infill: Beacon Valley 9,3 Mitchells Plain 10 99 22 Mitchells Plain infill: Westgate 13,2 Mitchells Plain 23 75, 88 23 Nooiensfontein 75,5 Blue Downs 21 19 24 Ottery CRU 1,4 Ottery 18 63 25 Pelican Park Phase 2 (BNG) n/a Pelican Park 19 67 26 Pelican Park Phase 2 (bonded) 81 Pelican Park 19 67 27 Penhill 279 Eerste River 21 14 28 Philadelphia infill 0,45 Philadelphia 7 105 29 Pine Road – social housing 0,17 Woodstock 15 57 30 Protea Park – CRU 3,5 Atlantis 1 32 31 Rondebosch East – gap 11,5 Rondebosch 17 60 32 Scottsville – gap 1,2 Kraaifontein 2 7 33 Zeekoevlei 13,2 Zeekoevlei 19 67 34 Sarepta – gap 1,8 Kuils River 21 11 35 Strandfontein 70,7 Strandfontein 19 43 36 Swartklip/Denel land 260 Khayelitsha 10 99 37 Vlakteplaas 72 Strand 8 100 38 Voortrekker Road corridor – brownfield developments n/a Voortrekker Road various various 39 Walmer Estate 0,85 Walmer Estate 15 57 40 Wolwerivier 5,2 Vissershok 1 32 These projects are subject to review and change, and new land may be added during the year.

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NEW HOUSING PROJECTS (continued) REALITY THE CURRENT No. Planning stage Units Erf number Area Subcouncil Ward Portion of public 1 Adriaanse new CRU 150 open space Elsies River 4 25 2 Atlantis Kanonkop (Ext 12) Phase 2 & 3 1 500 Atlantis 1 29

3 Belhar Pentech infill 340 28981 Belhar 6 12 IMPROVEMENT PARTNERING FOR PARTNERING 4 Bella Riva (BNG and gap) 1 000 Various erven Durbanville 7 105 5 Dido Valley 600 4621, 4626 Simon’s Town 19 61 6 Driftsands 2 500 Driftsands 21 19 7 Edward Street: Ottery sustainable IMPROVING

development 104 6480 & 6481 Ottery 18 66 ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING 8 Eureka BNG 250 12792, 12782 Elsies River 4 25 9 Garden Cities housing project 4 000 Durbanville 7 105 10 Green Point Phase 3 500 Khayelitsha 10 93

11 Gugulethu infill (erf 8448/MauMau) 1 071 8448/2849 & 2870 Gugulethu/Nyanga 14 37, 38 CREATING NEW LIVING

12 Hangberg CRU 145 8474, 8176 Hout Bay 16 74 ENVIRONMENTS 13 Imizamo Yethu Phase 3 1 100 7296 Hout Bay 16 74 14 Kleinvlei erf 901 66 901 Blackheath 21 17 15 Langa hostels: new flats 461 Langa 15 51, 52, 53 OTHER INITIATIVES 16 Macassar 2 500 3968 Macassar 22 109 STRATEGIC 17 Manenberg infill: The Downs 651 Various erven Manenberg 11, 17 42, 46 18 Masiphumelele Phase 4 327 5131 Kommetjie 19 69 19 Mfuleni Ext 1 & 2 700 Various erven Mfuleni 22 16 20 Morkel’s Cottage 400 15152 Rusthof, Strand 8 86 FUNCTIONS 21 Morningstar 150 5643 & 13999 Durbanville 7 103 DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND 22 Nonkqubela Makhaza: consolidation 814 Khayelitsha 24 96 23 Nonkqubela Site B: consolidation 430 Khayelitsha 10 93 24 Ocean View infill 397 Various erven Ocean View 19 61

25 Scottsville social housing 350 8287 Kraaifontein 2 111 AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION 26 Silvertown consolidation 1 316 Khayelitsha 10 93 27 Sir Lowry’s Pass Village (Pinetown & Balestra) 140 Sir Lowry’s Pass 8 100 28 Valhalla Park infill 777 1484, 3484, 3462 Valhalla Park 4 30

29 Wallacedene Phase 10A 1 617 Kraaifontein 2 6 FUNDING 30 Wallacedene Phase 10B 256 Kraaifontein 2 6 These projects are subject to review and change, and projects from the pipeline may be added during the year. ANNE X URES

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NEW HOUSING PROJECTS (continued)

Total units No. Under construction per project Erf number Area Subcouncil Ward 1 Amakhaya Ngoku, Masiphumele 352 Noordhoek 19 69 2 Atlantis Kanonkop (Ext 12) Phase 1 455 6268, 7767/8 Atlantis 1 29 3 Bardale Phase 4 and upgrade Phase 1 3 112 451 Mfuleni 21 108 4 Brown’s Farm Phase 6 678 A, B, C & D Brown’s Farm 18 80 5 Delft The Hague 2 407 Various erven Delft 5 13 6 Happy Valley Phase 2 1 350 454 (portions) Blackheath 21 14 7 Hazendal infill (Bokmakierie) 166 Various erven Athlone 11 49 8 Heideveld Duinefontein Road 759 Various erven Heideveld 11 44 9 Hostels redevelopment - Ilinge Labahlali 324 Nyanga 14 37, 39 10 Mfuleni flood relief consolidation 4 461 Mfuleni 21 108 11 Nyanga upgrade 2 070 Various erven Nyanga 14 36, 37, 39 12 Ocean View (Mountain View) 547 Ocean View 19 61 13 Pelican Park Phase 1 (BNG) 2 000 829 Pelican Park 19 67 14 Pelican Park Phase 1 (bonded) 1 200 829 Pelican Park 19 67 15 Philippi East Phase 5 405 Philippi 13 35 16 Philippi Park 1 100 Philippi 23 88 17 Rondevlei 225 111018 Rondevlei 18 110 18 Scottsdene (BNG and CRU) 890 Various erven Scottsdene 2 6, 7 19 Scottsdene (bonded) 1 310 Various erven Scottsdene 2 6, 7 20 Silvertown Khayelitsha (SST) 1 316 18332 Khayelitsha 10 93 21 Site C: survey and subdivision (Provincial Housing Development Board) 6 265 Various erven Khayelitsha 9 18, 87 22 Somerset West 10 ha site 390 10490 Somerset West 22 15 23 Wallacedene Phase 3-9 consolidation 5 681 Kraaifontein 2, 7 6, 101, 111 24 Witsand Phase 2 1 835 1065-5, 1065-6 Atlantis 1 32 25 PHP citywide 1 550 Citywide

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social rental HOUSING PROJECTS

No. Potential future projects (pipeline) No. of units Subcouncil Ward 1 Bothasig Phase 2 100 3 5 REALITY

No. Planning stage No. of units Subcouncil Ward THE CURRENT 1 Dillon Lane, Woodstock 64 15 57 2 Pine Road 180 15 57 3 Ottery Phase 1 150 18 63 4 Ottery Phase 2 200 18 63

5 Wetton Phase 1 100 18 63 IMPROVEMENT PARTNERING FOR PARTNERING 6 Wetton Phase 2 200 18 63 7 Wetton Phase 3 100 18 63 8 Mupine 150 15 57 9 Steenberg Phase 2(B) 100 18 68

10 Montclair Phase 1 300 12 78 IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING 11 Montclair Phase 2 350 12 78 12 Brooklyn regeneration 250 15 55 13 Belhar Phase 1 300 6 22 14 Belhar Phase 2 316 6 22 CREATING CREATING

15 Lansdowne 130 17 60 NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENTS 16 E-Junction Phase 2 282 4 28

17 District Six 750 15 77 18 Scottsdene Phase 1 500 2 7 19 Scottsdene Phase 2 500 2 7

20 Royal Maitland 4 100 15 56 INITIATIVES OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC No. Under construction No. of units Subcouncil Ward 1 Steenberg Phase 2(A) 150 18 68 2 Harmony Village (inst) (Westcape) 268 3 5 3 Scottsdene (soc) 100 2 7 FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE

4 Belhar (soc) 150 6 22 STRUCTURE AND 5 E-Junction Phase 1 (prov) 120 4 28 AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING ANNEXURES

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urbanisation PROJECTS (UP) 1 (UP) Emergency housing programme No. In consulting/ construction phase Area Units Subcouncil Ward 1 Sir Lowry’s Pass Helderberg 177 8 100 2 Wolwerivier (Vissershok) West Coast 500 1 104 Any new project that may be required in cases of emergency

No. Planned Area Units Subcouncil Ward 1 Busasa Mfuleni Mfuleni 850 22 16 Any new project that may be required in cases of emergency

2 (UP) Other temporary resettlement areas No. In consulting/ construction phase Area Plots Subcouncil Ward 1 Shukushukuma Mfuleni 89 21 108 2 Masiphumelele Kommetjie 180 19 62 3 Fisantekraal Kraaifontein 250 7 105 Any new project that may be required in cases of emergency or to allow for project implementation.

3 (UP) Upgrade of informal settlements programme Estimated Project (in planning stage) opportunities Subcouncil Ward Symphony Way (new housing) 2 750 5 106 Enkanini 2 000 24 95 Tambo Square 220 14 41 Phola Park Gugulethu 400 11 42 Kalkfontein 1 400 21 19 8ste Laan Valhalla 350 5 31 Doornbach 4 000 1 104 Hangberg 300 16 74 Los Angelos/Greenpark (new housing) 2 500 21 19 Barney Molokwana section 4 700 9 89 These projects are subject to review and change, and new land may be added.

4 (UP) Upgrade of informal settlements programme Estimated Project (pipeline) opportunities Subcouncil Ward Sweet Home Farm 4 000 18 80 Kosovo 5 000 13 33 Monwood 2 600 18 80 Burundi Mfuleni 1 500 21 108 Strandfontein 2 000 19 43 Shukushukuma 600 21 108 These projects are subject to review and change, and new areas may become upgradeable.

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5 (UP) Reblocking Estimated Project opportunities Subcouncil Ward Mashiniwami 250 1 4 REALITY

BT section 68 9 87 THE CURRENT Masilunge 47 11 45 Flamingo Crescent 76 17 60 Vygekraal 245 17 48 BBT section 80 9 87 Ethembeni 450 1 104 IMPROVEMENT PARTNERING FOR PARTNERING Kukutown 19 15 56 Burundi 22 16 Vlakteplaas 30 8 100 Uitkyk Sir Lowry’s Pass 40 8 100

Green Fields Lwandle, Nkanini 24 95 IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING Uitkykbos 11 18 80 Shukushukuma 349 21 108 Faure 19 22 16 Bonnietown 30 20 62 CREATING CREATING

BM section 550 9 89 NEW LIVING Europe 2 200 14 40 ENVIRONMENTS

Ekuphumleni 300 1 4 Siyahlala 300 14 39 Kosovo 39 13 33

6 (UP) Upgrade of informal settlements programme (UISP) (previously pilots) INITIATIVES OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC Estimated Project opportunities Subcouncil Ward Monwabisi Park 6 400 10, 24 98, 99 TR section 3 500 9 90 FUNCTIONS BM section 7 000 9, 10 89, 93 DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND Lotus Park 1 430 11 42 The Heights 4 500 19 67 7 (UP) Backyarder project list – provision of basic services

No. Potential future projects (pipeline) Subcouncil Ward AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION Balance of City-owned non-saleable rental stock to be prioritised As applicable As applicable

No. Under construction Units Subcouncil Ward 1 Factreton 178 15 56 2 Hanover Park 2 336 17 47 FUNDING 3 Langa 2 281 15 51 These urbanisation projects are subject to review and change. ANNEXURES

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Community residential Unit upgrades No. Potential future projects (pipeline) Subcouncil Ward Balance of City-owned, non-saleable rental stock to be prioritised for Phase 2 As applicable As applicable (to be considered in future)

No. Under construction No. of units Subcouncil Ward 2 Manenberg 591 11, 17 42, 45, 46 3 Hanover Park 354 17 47 4 Heideveld 264 11 44 5 Marble Flats (Ottery) 132 18 66 6 Marble Flats (Ottery) brick skins 132 18 66 incremental development areas No. Planning stage Area Subcouncil Ward 1 Bloekombos Ext 3 Kraaifontein 7 101 2 Strandfontein East Strandfontein 19 43 3 Pelican Park South Pelican Park 19 67 4 Parklands 3rd Development Framework Parklands 5 Atlantis South Atlantis 1 29 6 Macassar Macassar 22 109 7 Mfuleni Ext 2 Blue Downs 22 16 8 Vlakteplaas Strand 8 100 Blocked x3 Khayelitsha projects Blocked x1 Faure project

Banks partnership projects No. Planning stage No. of units Subcouncil Ward 1 Thornton 128 15 53 2 Maitland 148 15 56 3 Factreton 34 15 56 4 Wallacedene 749 2 111 5 Wetton 623 18 63 6 Ottery 264 18 63 7 Rugby 115 15 55 8 Silvertown 8 11 49 These projects are subject to review and change.

Provincial planning and pipeline projects should be added if assignment is granted to the City in June/July 2013. Current projects being implemented by the Western Cape Government will be concluded by them.

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WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HOUSING DELIVERY: CURRENT AND PLANNED PROJECTS 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

Sites Houses Sites Houses Sites Houses REALITY Current projects planned planned planned planned planned planned THE CURRENT Joe Slovo (2 886) UISP 2 886 300 300 600 600 1 278 1 398 New Rest (700 of 1 155) Contractor NHBRC 700 New Rest PHP 455 Delft Symphony (2 150) precinct 3&5 2 150 750 750 319 1 300

Delft TRA 5 IMPROVEMENT PARTNERING FOR PARTNERING Delft TRA 5.1 Delft TRA 6 Boys Town (1 367) 1 367 300 300 209 171 269 393 Boys Town triangle (157) 157 157 157 IMPROVING

Boys Town extension (234) 234 ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING Pelican Park (Mamas) 129 Nuwe Begin (1 791) services/1 200BNG) 1 791 Thembelihle (200) 0 0 100 100 100 100 Our Pride Phase 2 (?) (CTCHC) CREATING CREATING Philippi new TRA units NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENTS Philippi TRA maintenance

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Sites Houses Sites Houses Sites Houses New projects planned planned planned planned planned planned INITIATIVES Delft Silversands (600) 600 100 0 100 0 OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC Forest Village (2 500) 2 500 200 0 200 0 Blueberry Hill IRDP (3 500) Belhar CBD IRDP (2 300) Highbury RDP (552) FUNCTIONS Delft infill DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING ANNEXURES

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2013/14 other (‘CRU’ 2013/14 top upgrades and shared Project description 2013/14 sites structures services) Rental units upgrade ‘CRU’ Manenberg 591 Hanover Park 354 Heideveld 264 Ottery 132 Total 1 341 New rental units/Hostels ‘CRU’ Hangberg ‘CRU’ 1 Scottsdene ‘CRU’ 1 200 Total 1 200 Institutional and social housing Harmony Village (inst) CTCHC 268 268 Scottsdene (soc) Madulamar Belhar (soc) Communicare Steenberg (soc) SOHCO Total 268 268 BNG (including PHPs & UISP) and gap projects Atlantis Kanonkop (Ext 12) Phase 1 200 Bardale Phase 4 & upgrading Phase 1 541 Delft The Hague 1 065 350 Happy Valley Phase 2 483 683 Hazendal Infill (Bokmakierie) 100 Heideveld Duinefontein Road 250 Nyanga upgrades 140 Ocean View (Mountain View) 120 Pelican Park Phase 1 (BNG) 614 500 Scottsdene (BNG) 99 99 Somerset West 10 ha site (Phase 2 & 3) 95 50 PHP citywide 1 550 Total 3 037 3 902 Informal settlements and backyarders Households (Hanover Park and others) 3300 Reblocking (Households) 238 Total 238 3 300

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2013/14 other (‘CRU’ 2013/14 top upgrades and shared Project description 2013/14 sites structures services) IDA & EHP projects

Wolwerivier (Vissershok) 488 244 REALITY THE CURRENT Sir Lowry’s Pass 177 177 Other (Ad hoc sites) 100 Total 765 421 Gap sales Fairdale 45 IMPROVEMENT Khayelitsha 45 FOR PARTNERING Total 90 Provisional totals 4 400 4 791 4 641 IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING CREATING CREATING NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENTS

INITIATIVES OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING ANNEXURES

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LAND FORWARD PLANNING & CO-ORDINATION

DIRECTOR:

STRATEGY POLICY, RESEARCH, REALITY INTEGRATION & COMPLIANCE & PLANNING THE CURRENT

NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMMES & ACCREDITATION MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT FACILITATION & FOR PARTNERING IMPLEMENTATION

DIRECTOR: DEVELOPMENT LAND REFORM, SOCIAL & DELIVERY & GAP HOUSING IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS EXISTING LIVING TECHNICAL SERVICES

SERVICE DELIVERY CREATING NEW LIVING

IMPLEMENTATION, CO- ENVIRONMENTS ORDINATION & COMPLIANCE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: (INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS & DIRECTOR: BACKYARDS) HUMAN URBANISATION

SETTLEMENTS INFORMAL SETTLEMENT

MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES OTHER STRATEGIC OTHER STRATEGIC

TENANCY & HOMEOWNERSHIP

MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

DIRECTOR: DIRECTORATE PUBLIC HOUSING & STRUCTURE AND CUSTOMER SERVICES COMMUNICATION & CUSTOMER SERVICES AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION LOGISTIC SUPPORT

MANAGER: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC SUPPORT SERVICES & FUNDING ADMINISTRATION STRATEGY, CO-ORDINATION & MONITORING

INTERSERVICE LIAISON ANNEXURES

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National housing subsidy Intervention category Definition (available for Cape Town residents) 1. Financial Programmes that facilitate immediate Individual housing subsidies: credit and non- access to housing goods (top structures, credit linked R0–R3 500. Enhanced Extended rental stock) and services, thereby creating Discount Benefit Scheme (EEDBS), which helps enabling environments and providing tenants to buy their saleable rental units and implementation support. helps existing sales debtors settle the balance on properties they have acquired (pre-1994). 2. Incremental housing Programmes that facilitate access to housing 2.1 IRDP opportunities (rental units/ownership of a 2.2 Enhanced PHP serviced site/subsidised house) through a 2.3 UISP phased process. 2.4 Consolidation subsidies 2.5 Emergency housing programme 3. Social and rental housing Programmes that facilitates access to rental 3.1 Social housing housing opportunities to support urban 3.2 CRUs restructuring and integration.

Programme Description Additional comments Subsidy BNG 40 m2 house Provide a minimum of a 40 m² RDP house Beneficiaries must be on the City’s database (subsidised house built between 1994 and meet the requirements as prescribed in and pre-September 2004) or a BNG house the National Housing Code. (house built according to the BNG policy, post-September 2004) to families on the City’s database earning a combined income of between R0 – R3 500 per month, with the subsidy amount provided by the National Human Settlements Department. Consolidation housing Facilitate improvements to a unit where Access a subsidy for top structure only, programme people already own a serviced stand. currently R55 706. PHP For households who wish to maximise their Beneficiaries must comply with prescribed housing subsidy by building, or organising policy criteria. the building of, their homes themselves. Beneficiaries can apply for subsidies through the project-linked instrument (the subsidy granted to qualifying beneficiaries to enable them to acquire a house as part of an approved project), the consolidation instrument (the subsidy granted to owners of a serviced site for the construction of a house) or the institutional subsidy (the subsidy that is available to institutions to enable them to create affordable housing stock on a deed of sale, rental or rent-to-buy option). Emergency housing Temporary assistance to victims of housing- Provide funding for minimum services programme related disasters (such as fire and flood and shelter. damage), including the provision of TRAs. UISP Provide (i) basic services (water, standpipes Participants less restricted than beneficiaries and toilet facilities), (ii) permanent services, who qualify for individual subsidy. Aimed at and (iii) houses to existing informal permanent areas for upgrades. settlement areas, wherever possible (including in situ upgrades).

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Programme Description Additional comments Social housing programme This is higher-density, subsidised housing City has an agreement with various partners. that is implemented, managed and owned by independent, accredited social housing

institutions in designated restructuring REALITY

zones (for rental purposes). Households THE CURRENT earning less than R 7 500 per month qualify. Institutional housing subsidy This mechanism targets housing institutions Rent, with option to purchase after a programme that provide tenure alternatives to certain period. immediate ownership. CRUs This is a programme for the building of new rental stock (including hostels) and the IMPROVEMENT

upgrade of existing higher-density stock, FOR PARTNERING and caters for families who prefer rental housing and earn less than R3 500 per month. The City remains the owner of the rental units. (The programme includes the former hostels redevelopment programme.)

Enhanced Extended This programme allows for the discounting IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTS Discount Benefit Scheme of an amount up to the prevailing housing EXISTING LIVING (EEDBS) subsidy on the loan, purchase price or purchase balance for the purchase of state- financed properties occupied before 1 July 1993, and stands contracted by 30 June 1993 and allocated to individuals by 15 March 1994. CREATING CREATING NEW LIVING

Gap (affordable) housing This caters for families earning between Implemented by private developers and ENVIRONMENTS R3 500 and R15 000 per month. bought by homeowners.

Financed-Linked Individual Beneficiaries earning from R3 501 to R7 000 Subsidy Programme (FLISP) per month qualify for a subsidy determined by an incremental band. Phasing-out programme This involves phasing-out of housing Existing tenants in rental stock qualify for subsidies, and normalising the housing this programme. INITIATIVES

environment in respect of the housing stock OTHER STRATEGIC created under the previous housing dispensation. FUNCTIONS DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE STRUCTURE AND AND PLAN LEGISLATION LEGISLATION INTEGRATION FUNDING ANNEXURES

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BEPP Built Environment Performance Plan BNG Breaking New Ground CBD Central Business District CESA Consulting Engineers South Africa CORC Community Organisation Resource Centre CRU Community Residential Unit CTCHC Cape Town Community Housing Company EEDBS Enhanced Extended Discount Benefit Scheme EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme FLISP Financed-Linked Individual Subsidy Programme GIS Geographic Information System HSDG Human Settlements Development Grant HSS Housing Subsidy System IDA Incremental Development Area IDP Integrated Development Plan IMESA Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa IRDP Integrated Residential Development Programme ISN Informal Settlements Network MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant MTREF Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework NDP National Development Plan NHBRC National Home Builders Registration Council PHP People’s Housing Process PRC Project Review Committee RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme SHRA Social Housing Regulatory Authority Stats SA Statistics South Africa TRA Temporary Relocation Area UISP Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme USDG Urban Settlements Development Grant

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